[TPR] wtf?

Fri Apr 22 21:55:55 PDT 2011

BTW, just for the TPR gang, I found the secret.  With enough beer, anything is possible! :)  Half done. 

JB

I think it was Benjamin Franklin that said, "Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy".  hahahahahaha

--- 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, 8:56 PM

  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
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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

                  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
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                  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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