[Fot] Valve spring compressor?

[Duncan Charlton]

Jamie,

Don't buy the 8" tool from Best Deal Tools like the one I got through Amazon!
When it's clamped down the screw stem is at an angle to the valve so it wants
to slide all over the place.  (It's also far too big for the pre-crossflow
Ford engine I'm trying to use it on so I have to put spacers against the valve
heads in order for it to clamp down far enough.)

Duncan
Texas

On Feb 3, 2014, at 10:04 AM, Jamie Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I find myself in need of purchasing another valve spring compressor...was
wondering what the list recommends.  A few qualifiers:
>
> 1)  I only work (or at least this kind of work) on British pushrod engines,
i.e. Spitfire, TR6, TR3, MGB.
> 2)  In most cases, if not all cases, I'll have the cylinder head off when I
am working on the engine
> 3)  I typically am working on street engines or the LeMons/Chump engines
which are in fairly mild states of tune
>
> What recommendations do you folks have for me?  Thanks!
>
> Jamie Palmer
> Way too many Triumphs to list
> tr6driver at yahoo.com
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