I just bought a beautiful mess... care to express an opinion?

[aneal000]

So before removing the spring I did a leak down test while trying to physically pull up on the valve. Success. It stopped leaking and appeared to seat well and passed the leak down test. Now to figure out how to get the spring compressor on the broken spring. ???

[Jamesp]

The "spring compressor" pushes on the disk at the top of the valve to compress the spring As your spring is broken it may be partially "compressed" already. Here is a you tube with one possible solution. Note in this you tube the head is off and a table top is used to stop the valve from moving. In your case you'll be using air pressure to stop the valve from moving. Congratulations on figuring out it was a broken valve spring. If it were me - I'd swap the spring and get it back on the road, but then again I'm given to drilling holes in my IMS and running the engine up to 7K RPM daily.

how to remove/install valves with household tools - YouTube

All the best!

[healthservices]

Originally Posted by aneal000

So before removing the spring I did a leak down test while trying to physically pull up on the valve. Success. It stopped leaking and appeared to seat well and passed the leak down test. Now to figure out how to get the spring compressor on the broken spring. ???

Great deal!