Changing the valve springs
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Changing the valve springs i have decided to put a cam in my car. i heard some bitchin cars this weekend and decided to spend the money. the install is probably about a month away but i am wanting to go ahead and change the valve springs next week since i have the money to buy them. i am going to have the cam installed at a local preformance shop for $250.00 but the shop also wants an additional $250 to change the valve springs. since i don't have that kind of money right now and figure i can save the money by changing the valve springs myself. i have a spring comprssion tool and going to be working with a buddy who knows a bit about cars but was hoping to get a step by step on how swap the springs considering i know next to nothing about cars but am dying to learn. any help in this area would be greatly appricated.
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From: Covina, CA
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Where are you located? You don't need an air compressor like most say you do. What you do is remove one spring on the cylinder your working on, the valve seal will hold the valve up just don't bump into it. Now grab the valve and push it down half way, if it doesn't come in contact with the piston then have your friend turn the crank until the piston comes up far enough as to where the valve can sit on top of the piston if for some reason you were to accidentally drop it, it's not going to go anywhere. Good luck.
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Oh ya and I sell that spring compressor tool above as well, PM me if you need one, or if you need the standard one that is similar to the one in the pic but only does one valve at a time.
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