Never done it before. All the help would be great. Do I need any special tools? Thanks

You'll need a valve spring compressor. I was shoping around for these myself last week and found that Advanced auto parts has a new rental/purchase program on some tools. You buy it, but have 45 days to return it used or not.

Why not cozy up with the shop you intend to do your machine work for? We charge nothing to strip the heads if the job comes back to us.

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The right way is with heads off the engine, use a C clamp type valve spring compressor. I picked mine up about 5 years ago at pep boys for around $25.

It will have a cup looking end and a flat bar looking end.

Place flat bar end on bottom of valve face, cup end over spring. Turn handle till alittle pressure gets on it. Then tap the top of the retainer with a hammer. That will free up the locks. Now just crank compressors handle on down till you can get to the locks.

Remove locks. Hold compressors handle tight, and push the release tab.. The spring with come up. Now remove tool, and just lift off the spring,

"roll" the O ring valve seal off the valve stem. Hit the tip of the valve stem with a valve on all sides of very top.

Push valve down, till you can grab valve's head, then grab it and pull rest way out.

Go to next spring..

I know it sounds like alot of work, but it's not. It goes real fast. Maybe 2 min. per valve if your real slow

link to tools:

http://www.mytoolstore.com/kd/kdengi13.html

link to removal:

http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/howto/53398/

Chaz

The last two sets I took apart, I used;

A 2 pound "SOFT" hammer, about an inch deepwell socket, another about a 1/2" deepwell under the head inside the chamber and a flat 1 x 10 board.

Just hit the valve tips a decent bit to "loosen' the locks, then put a big deepwell socket on the retainer with the other one so the valves rest on it so they don't go down when you hit it and whack it about 2 - 4 times AND the locks should "pop" right out/off!

You will get the feel of it b/c I can disassemble a set one heck of a lot faster then I can use a clamp or a lever to reassemble them!!

pdq67

WORKS LIKE A CHARM, Imho!!!!

a magnet stick makes getting the locks out a whole bunch easier too.