what kind of valve spring compressor does it take to remove our valves? and where to find it ?? tia

Stick a deep socket on the retainer, and whack it with a hammer. Doesn't really help much with assembly, but it is a quick way to pull it all apart. Grab the keepers up with a magnetic pickup tool afterwards, and all is well.

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that really sounds like a plan but i need to put em back in too and this wont be t he only head i will be working on....i have used vice grips before but it wasnt easy

do exactly what bill said, thats how ive done it every single time and it works great.

putting them back in.....ugh....pain in the ass....pain, in, the, ass.

good thing a friend of mine owns a machine shop
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If you have access to a floor standing drill press, and cut up a socket, that can work pretty well...crude, but it works..

not whatt i was looking for but thanks anyway guys...is there not a tool or something to remove them with? i really need em out !! i tried vice grips but it is difficult to get a grip on the springs to push them down..

i would also like to know...i work at autozone, but the ones we have wont fit in our heads....i think the drill press idea might work though....any other ideas
doug

Yes there's a dealer specific tool, if you want to pay like $200 for it, it's a Snap On made tool as I recall. Probably can find get it from Snap On direct.

Or use a standard C-Clamp style compressor and cut up a deep well socket or piece of thick wall pipe the diameter of the retainers and use the hole you cut to get to the valve keepers.



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at first i bought a overhead valve spring compressor and it looked like it would work but ther ewasnt enough room in between the spring and the wall of the head to clamp it on..then i wasted my money on an OHV spring compressor... i think the idea of cutting a pipe in the diameter of the spring would work with the c- clamp..thanks for the input. ill let you know if it works well ..

Miller tools makes one for us. It is far from cheap, though. I hear that the Matco one will work, too, and it is a bit cheaper.

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