Valve retainers???

[PANAVIA]

We have seen broken valve train parts and there is always a reason.

Usually - it is in a scenario where you are dealing with longtime storage (assuming ) you may want to be careful as sticky old oil can really screw things up.

Are we dealing with a long time storage motor >?

Steve

[TC Cobra]

patrickt,

You're right their web site says the tool will work on "most makes".
I guess I'll believe it if I see it. I just find it hard to believe that hand pressure alone is enough to dismantle and assemble a head with significant valve spring pressure. I've done motorcycle heads with two thumbs. But a performance V8?...

Back in the day we used to dismantle heads by holding a deep socket on the spring retainer and whacking it sharply with a good-size hammer. The keepers would pop off the valve stem and the spring and retainer could be removed. Sometimes it took 2 or 3 whacks.

Re-assembly, however, required a C-clamp or other type of spring compressor that exerted much more pressure than could have been done by hand.

Maybe for $700 there is an easier way. I'd love to try it.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by TC Cobra

Maybe for $700 there is an easier way. I'd love to try it.

Jeez it is $700 -- I never noticed that. You're right, for that kind of money it ought to work miracles.