Changing Valve Springs in F-Body
08-25-2006, 08:03 AM
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Changing Valve Springs in F-Body Any usefull tips, special tools? I know More perf has a trick tool, but Im on a tight budjet.I have access to J-tools, is there an F-body specific tool? Any help greatly appreciated... Thanks 
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when i did the cam swap i got one of those leverage type compressors from autozone and it was a bitch, thankfully it bent and i had to get a new one so when i went back i seen the over head jaw style and it worked much better and was only a couple more bucks.
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08-25-2006, 01:55 PM
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What is the Larry tool? Any one in south FL got one I can Borrow? How much is the crane tool?Do they both work with regular and beehive springs? Thanks guys!!!!!
08-25-2006, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by luv2spd
I'm partial to the crane tool. It works awesome and it compressess both the intake and exhaust at the same time.
08-25-2006, 03:34 PM
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crane tool works excellent. very nice being able to do 2 at a time. and after doin my engine, the tool looks almost exactly the same as i when i bought it.
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[QUOTE=777]Overhead jaw tool did not work for me. It just pulled the spring up off the seat instead of pushing the retainer down.[/QUOTE
I used one of those on my LT1, just lightly(small hammer wrench)tap on the top of it a time or two as it first starts to compress the spring.And the retainer will fall down off the locks and you can continue to compress it then. I think this style compressor was my favorite. I had to use a lever type one to put my dual springs on my current car though it wasn't bad but then again the motor was out of the car this time
I used one of those on my LT1, just lightly(small hammer wrench)tap on the top of it a time or two as it first starts to compress the spring.And the retainer will fall down off the locks and you can continue to compress it then. I think this style compressor was my favorite. I had to use a lever type one to put my dual springs on my current car though it wasn't bad but then again the motor was out of the car this time
08-25-2006, 05:56 PM
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I use the tim tool. It's basically the same as the larry tool. The tim valve spring compressor can be found in the tool section of this site. He has a long thread going there. I'm not sure about the larry tool.
