If for some reason your air compressor fails your
screwed.
John Holliday
--- Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca> wrote:
> Glen Byrns wrote:
> > Has anyone else used the tool JC Whitney has, or
> any other method,to remove
> > the valve springs with the head on? Of course the
> piston must be at the top
> > of the stroke so you don't drop a valve into the
> cylinder
>
> I haven't seen this tool, but I have an alternative
> version of
> the same tool that is cheap ($10) but requires an
> air compressor.
>
> Basically, it's a spark plug fitting with an air
> hose
> attachment. Turn the engine over so both valves are
> closed,
> put this in the cylinder, and clip on the air. The
> air pressure
> holds the valve up.
>
> It's fast and works well if you have a compressor.
>
> --
> Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
> Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
> ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
> "Is this cool or not, I can't tell?" - Eric Cartman
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