Changing valve seals in car

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Originally Posted by ERA Chas

Were those thousands dual springs with flat wound dampers between-like the majority of Cobra engines use?
The demo is an import head with a mousey single spring. Hand pressure will not budge a 140+pound on seat spring set without leverage.

Many of them were. The end of my valve tool is mushroomed out from being struck with a hammer. One tap with a hammer, and the keepers come right off. Tap it again to reinstall. Fast & easy with no dropped keepers. This tool, in my opinion, is not a great choice for removing springs on a cylinder head that is on the bench. There are better tools for that. It is however great for on-car service.