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Old 06-07-2002, 10:08 AM
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Is there such a thing as a air compressor powered spring compressor tool? Thanks.
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The only thing that I have heard of is an adaptor to go in the spark plug hole to keep the valves up to remove the springs without pulling the heads.
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I've seen some that you use a ratchet with, but none air powered.
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2+2=?

If there are compressers which will accept a rachet, and there are pneumatic ratchets... Um... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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To me, wouldn't this be a lot easier to have an air powered spring compressor? Makes sense to me.
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Air powered spring compressors have been around for 20 years that I know of, but all that I've seen assume that the head is off the car. Every reasonable automotive machine shop has one or more. They look like big C-clamps with the handle replaced by a pneumatic cylinder.

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Gag_Halfront:
<strong>2+2=?

If there are compressers which will accept a rachet, and there are pneumatic ratchets... Um... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, I know that Gag <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> I was just curious of the presence of a pneumatic type that has been listed just above <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> . Thanks for the clarifications everyone <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />




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