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63.5xl

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Valve spring tool on car
« on: October 11, 2016, 10:40:02 PM »
Anyone know of a good tool to replace valve spring on car for our rocker shaft type heads. I tried a search here but came up with nothing. I have dual spring and was going to leave the inner one out to break in cam.

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Re: Valve spring tool on car
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2016, 05:53:58 AM »
I have one made by Tim Olereich that he used to sell on e-bay but I don't see it listed now.
His Email is: conceptdesigneng@aol.com, phone: 262-388-2509
This bolts to the head and works great.
I don't know if he still sells them or not but might be worthwhile to call or email him.
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Re: Valve spring tool on car
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2016, 06:23:42 AM »
+2 on Tim's.  It works great. Give him a call.
Check out this link.

http://carsxyz.com/detail/Valve-Spring-Compressor-Ford-FE-390-427-428-Cobra_261927689615.html
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Re: Valve spring tool on car
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2016, 07:33:43 AM »
+3 for Tim's tool I just bought one off eBay about a month or so ago and it worked great. What I would've preferred though was to find a fitting to go in the spark plug hole to use compressed air instead of the supplied rope to hold up the valves. 

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Re: Valve spring tool on car
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2016, 07:37:37 AM »
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Yeah, the rope wouldn't fit in a small plug application, so get an air adapter as well.
Otherwise it's a great tool, worked on my beehives with a lil finesse.

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« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2016, 08:29:45 AM »
Most of the time you don't even need air, a rope, etc.  Put the piston at TDC, the valve seal will hold the valve up, and use a pen magnet to hold the valve stem if necessary on reassembly.  This is how I do it on the dyno....
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Re: Valve spring tool on car
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2016, 07:18:58 PM »
+5.  I use that one, too.  It works great.   I just got some smaller diameter rope for my Edelbrock heads to ensure that the valve can't fall into the cylinder.

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Re: Valve spring tool on car
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2016, 08:28:44 PM »
I use the hose from my compression tester connected to my air hose to hold the valve up.
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Re: Valve spring tool on car
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2016, 08:40:12 PM »
I have one made by Tim Olereich that he used to sell on e-bay but I don't see it listed now.
His Email is: conceptdesigneng@aol.com, phone: 262-388-2509
This bolts to the head and works great.
I don't know if he still sells them or not but might be worthwhile to call or email him.
garyv
Gave Tim a call and I got one coming, Thank you for the phone number Gary and thanks to everyone else for chipping in with your post