Hey, I did it. Got one of those suckers off and put the new one on.
The downside. My compressor died just as I went to pump it up for the second time before I could get the spring and keepers back on that valve..
Anyway, I found out a couple of things.
- The old seal was red and it had a little spring around the top to keep it taught against the valve rod. The new ones do not have this spring.
- I found the old seal very flexible in my hand. Could be that it was getting soft with engine heat and wasn't providing the "umbrella effect". The new seals are very firm compared to the old ones.
- I released the air from the cylinder to test the valve guide play. I lowered it a bit and moved it back and forth. I found none to speak of so that's great (on this one valve so far).
- I bought a tool for 35.00 which grabs the spring from the side and suppose to pull it up. This tool has a long arm and a shorter arm which are suppose to grab the spring. Then there is a handle at the top which you turn to compress the spring. I found this tool to be a large piece of doo doo to put it nicely. I found the lever kind of tool which presses down on the spring using the bolt from the rocker arm as a pivit point. This 2.00 tool I found at the flea market worked flawlessly. Perhaps anyone who uses the spring grabber type tool can give me a tip on how it should work.
Bill