Put my valve springs in today

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04-21-2006, 10:16 PM

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Put my valve springs in today

yup about 3 hours taking my time and breaks lol

. Now i just need to stick the cam in

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04-21-2006, 10:46 PM

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Congrats. Practice makes perfect.

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04-22-2006, 12:04 AM

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3 hours isn't bad. Congratulations!

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04-22-2006, 01:08 AM

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good job, pretty quick install

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04-22-2006, 01:55 AM

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well what made it eaSY was user name CAT3 let me use his valve spring tools and they were easy and awsome thanx man

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04-22-2006, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by chewy99ws6

good job, pretty quick install

Are you nuts? 3 hrs is atrocious but I guess what can you expect from a homemade sprng compressor.
Congrats on the install and it looks good under the hood.

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04-22-2006, 12:37 PM

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what were the valve spring tools you used?

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04-22-2006, 12:52 PM

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what were the valve spring tools you used?

Its in his pic's, Larry tool.

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04-22-2006, 01:11 PM

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Are you nuts? 3 hrs is atrocious but I guess what can you expect from a homemade sprng compressor.
Congrats on the install and it looks good under the hood.

No it is not the quickest, it only took me 30 min. Still pretty quick from some other installs, esp. #8

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04-22-2006, 08:00 PM

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Are you nuts? 3 hrs is atrocious but I guess what can you expect from a homemade sprng compressor.
Congrats on the install and it looks good under the hood.

3 hours from the time you start getting the valve covers off, spark plugs out, compressed air to each cylinder as you are working on it, old springs off and new springs on, and everything put back together ready to roll down the highway isn't bad based upon my own experience installing springs on my car.

Then again, somehow it always takes me a lot more time to do the modifications to my car compared to some folks on here and I have the tools and a lift and usually an extra pair of hands.

I wonder how much time you would get charged at a dealer or other repair shop for the valve spring swap? Anyone know?

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04-22-2006, 08:13 PM

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good job

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04-22-2006, 08:58 PM

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well it was my 1st time on a ls1 and i took about a 30min break in between sides and I took my time and took brakes so i think i did good

lol and being 6.3 250lbs didnt help lol im not the most flexable person in the world

lol damn back of my legs were hurting lol

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04-22-2006, 09:41 PM

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Not bad, I just installed my TSP 233/239 w/spring pkg. Haven't gotten it all buttoned back up yet. I can't wait.

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04-22-2006, 09:42 PM

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well it was my 1st time on a ls1 and i took about a 30min break in between sides and I took my time and took brakes so i think i did good

lol and being 6.3 250lbs didnt help lol im not the most flexable person in the world

lol damn back of my legs were hurting lol

right on dude, I'm a big guy myself at 270, thats why I appreciated the crane tool so much, saved a lot of work. Those valve covers look real nice in there as well.