>original message: >I want to gat some sort of tool that i can affix to a bench, put a head = >in it, secure the head, compress valve springs, lap valves, etc. Any = >leads? ------ reply ------ Adam, Why not just make one, a valve spring tool that is. Afix a vertical post/column to the bench or a platform, a lever arm attached to the post, and then rod/post to press down on the valve spring (at the bottom a piece of round pipe the diameter of the spring hat, with part of it cut out to access the keepers). I've done that for golf, jetta and vanagon heads. If I had the dimensions I could make you one. Gary Lee http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack.htm 1987 syncro westy, dual fuel 1987 BMW 528e, dual fuel 1997 Honda XR600R, street legal |
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