[TPR] wtf?

[Asa Jay Laughton]

It's a time consuming, painstaking process.  Your damn near done.  It's 
Friday night, no school and no work tomorrow, noise abatement doesn't 
start till 2200.    Give the wife a $50 and send her to the mall.  
You'll be done by the time she gets back.  If the neighbors complain, 
give them a beer and tell them to chill out... it's Friday.

If I was there, I'd be helping you.  Yea... 322 lbs is -not- fun, but 
you're getting it done.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 4/22/2011 8:43 PM, John Bentley wrote:
> Dude,
>
> I've got 4 done now (out of 16) I'm just looking for an easier way. 
> The double springs with 322# open is a pain.  I'm looking for that 
> magic tool at the end of the rainbow.
>
> JB
>
> I guess that "why do you have the air compressor running at night" 
> might be contributing to my problems hahahahaha
>
>
>
> --- On *Fri, 4/22/11, Asa Jay Laughton /<asajay at asajay.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
>     Subject: Re: [TPR] wtf?
>     To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
>     Date: Friday, April 22, 2011, 8:35 PM
>
>     JB,
>     Are you kidding me?
>
>     I had to remove the valve springs to replace the valve stem seals
>     on my engine a couple years ago:
>     http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=2951
>     <http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=2951>
>
>     No problems, no worries, done deal.
>
>     If you can't get this done with the heads on your car.... well, I
>     better not go that far since you -are- talking about -two- springs
>     on each valve.  But that's where I draw the line.
>
>     Put the piston at TDC, lock it there with a prybar at the flywheel
>     if you can.
>     Pressurize the cylinder with constant air.
>     Compress the existing spring a few turns enough to take the
>     pressure off.
>     Smack the retainer with a plastic/rubber hammer to break it loose
>     from the keepers.  (I'm guessing this is your real problem.)
>     Compress the spring the rest of the way and remove the keepers.
>     Remove the spring and retainer.
>
>     Now... how to compress -two- springs I'm not sure, might depend on
>     the style of compressor you use.
>     Reverse the process but leave out the smacking with hammer part. :)
>
>     Step up man... you can do it, no more whining, get r' done.
>
>     Asa Jay
>
>     Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>     &  Shelley Marie
>     Spokane, WA
>     ******************************
>     http://www.racingagainstautism.com
>     http://www.teampanteraracing.com
>     http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
>
>
>     On 4/22/2011 7:25 PM, John Bentley wrote:
>>     OK, raise your hand if you have ever successfully replaced your
>>     valve springs with the engine/heads in the car.....  I hear
>>     crickets..... :)  ....damn cooling bottles.......
>>
>>     I gotta put the second valve springs in my engine since it is now
>>     broken-in if there is any hope of getting to NORC.  I've tried
>>     the old rope trick, any one of over 6 or 7 valve spring
>>     compressors, etc.  I'm now pressurizing the cylinders in hopes of
>>     keeping the valve up long enough to insert the second spring.
>>
>>     I've tried the piston at TDC, but the coil seems to bind before
>>     the valve touches the piston.  Does anyone know if you can
>>     compress the valve spring enough with the piston at TDC with
>>     closed-chamber heads (and flat-top pistons) so you can remove the
>>     keepers before the springs bind?  -----924-16 comp cam springs----
>>
>>     JB
>>
>>
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