Re: valve guide seal-spring?

[Gerry Peters <gpeters35@xxxxxxx>]

is there not a tool that hooks onto the rocker shaft  with the valves being 
kept  up  by compressed air or rope thru the spark hole on top of piston
we had something like that when i worked at a  ply dealership in  71
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "65" <65Val@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Gary H." <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: valve guide seal-spring?


> Gary...I've got one of those spring compressors too. You have to get the 
> "claws"
> on the lowest coil possible, then when you have the coils completely 
> compressed,
> tap the top of the tool to loosen the retainer from the keepers. Watch out
> ...the keepers sometimes fly out...and onto the floor...and then are 
> hopelessly
> lost! Good luck.
> --
> Darwin/Victoria/BC Canada
> '65 Cdn.Val.Custom 100'vert
> 170/A833...eternal project
> '67 Dart GT'vert
> 273/904...now with "Collector" status
>
>
> Quoting "Gary H." <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > I'm trying to remove the valve keepers on a 383 but the tool I borrowed
> > seems to compress the spring "up" instead of compressing the spring
> > down, away from the keeper. Here is a somewhat blurry picture that shows
> > what I mean:
> >
> > http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/images/valve-compress.jpg
> >
> > Pilot error, or do I need a different tool?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gary H.
> >
> >
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