Subject	Also a cool trick i learned from an old guy to keep the
Posted by	TTNickSoCal on December 13, 2012 at 1:59 PM
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In Reply To	That thing looks like it would take forever to pull the head posted by TTNickSoCal on December 13, 2012 at 01:46 PM
Message	valves from falling into the cylinder if the heads are still in the car if you dont have access to an air compressor is to get about a 2ft piece of rope with a diameter which is slightly smaller than the spark plug hole and push it into the cylinder making sure to leave about 6inches out (so you dont lose the rope) and put the cylinder up to TDC and then the rope will be tightly pressed up against the valve so you can remove the keepers without the valve falling. Pretty cool trick imo
Follow Ups	New VALVE SPRING Compressor Tool from Jim Wolf Technology - Bernie (NoVA) 13:13:22 12/13/12 Damn you, stole my post :) - Woody75 (Denver) 13:27:21 12/13/12 Nice! Looks much easier then the tool I use. (n/m) - Evan_Wright (Ca) 13:32:37 12/13/12 That thing looks like it would take forever to pull the head - TTNickSoCal 13:46:29 12/13/12 Also a cool trick i learned from an old guy to keep the - TTNickSoCal 13:59:12 12/13/12 I use a tool like that aswell and it can be faster but - Evan_Wright (Ca) 14:07:10 12/13/12 Yeah it is kind of ticky reinstalling the keepers the first - TTNickSoCal 14:33:39 12/13/12 That's what I use. Works for me. (n/m) - EricTTZ 10:56:49 12/14/12 But obviously cant use it with heads removed...? - ZXoltan 13:47:08 12/13/12 Why not? - RZturbo 13:56:02 12/13/12 Dont you need to have pressure on the head of the valve? (n/m) - ZXoltan 14:10:37 12/13/12 Just place the head on a table and have something rubber - TTNickSoCal 14:37:40 12/13/12 You have hockey pucks in your tool box too? :-) (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 14:44:50 12/13/12 No but thats a good idea...I cut a solid rubber ball in half (n/m) - TTNickSoCal 14:52:52 12/13/12 I do. Pucks are surprisingly useful in a few ways. - Boris 17:32:08 12/14/12 How much pressure do you need on the valve head? - ZXoltan 16:08:14 12/13/12 Re: How much pressure do you need on the valve head? - wild_maxx 16:41:01 12/13/12 nice - aliaZ 17:58:11 12/13/12 I use a Keeper eeze - BlackholeZ 19:53:33 12/13/12
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