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| | | | Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 96 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 96 | Can anyone recommend a good valve spring compressor for my 216 head. I bought a cheap one from harbor freights but didn't really work out.
Colton Kenshol
Hermiston, Oregon
1950 Chevy 3100
216 Motor
Mostly Original..
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,749 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,749 | Buy a used professional-grade tool on Ebay. Snap-On, Kent-Moore, K-D tools, etc. There are bunches of them there, and they never wear out. I've been using the same air-operated valve spring tool for over 30 years. There's one identical to mine listed under "used valve spring compressor" today for $30.00 along with a bunch of others.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 96 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 96 | Thanks Jerry.. I really won't need one very often but would be nice to have one handy
Colton Kenshol
Hermiston, Oregon
1950 Chevy 3100
216 Motor
Mostly Original..
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 96 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 96 | Jerry... What makes and model of spring compressor do you have..
Last edited by Coltonk; 03/09/2020 5:44 PM.
Colton Kenshol
Hermiston, Oregon
1950 Chevy 3100
216 Motor
Mostly Original..
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,749 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,749 | I think it's a Snap-On. I'll need to dig it out of storage, as I haven't used it in a while. It looks identical to the one that's on Ebay. Air power helps out a lot, when someone is doing production work and maybe working on several cylinder heads a day. For a hobbyist, one of the lever action types would be adequate.
Do a quick copy/paste, before the link gets zapped:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-CLARK-FEATHER-CF-700-PNEUMATIC-VALVE-SPRING-COMPRESSOR/153858128496?hash=item23d2a8ba70:g:UsAAAOSwxdVeZB6H
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 96 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 96 |
Colton Kenshol
Hermiston, Oregon
1950 Chevy 3100
216 Motor
Mostly Original..
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Most parts stores have loaners. I used one from one of the local FLAPS on my '216.
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Colton Kenshol
Hermiston, Oregon
1950 Chevy 3100
216 Motor
Mostly Original..
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