Has anyone been able to change the valve springs with the heads on the motor and the motor in the truck. I have done this on many vehicles, but can not seem to manage it on the L, too little room. I can compress the spring, but the tool leaves little room for getting valve stem keepers out and especially back in. Looks like i will have to do a lot more work if i must pull the heads. Am I missing something? Thanks for you help.

 

It can be done, I've done it many times, it just really SUCKS.

 

Sal - Did you use the Ford spring compressor? Are you using the 4v compressor, was thinking it might rotate around so access slot would face away from the motor and thus allow better access to keepers? I could not get the vsalve keepers back in on an "easy" to reach spring, did not even try the rear cylinders. Did you have the supercharger off? I have not pulled the SC or intake, or cams yet. Have you changed rods without re-balancing the motor? If so, how did thqat work out? Thanks for the info.

 

i was actually asking crazyone this, but do you know where i can get the actual ford spring compressor, if so how much? or can it be done without the tool without de-fingering myself

 

this is what the tool looks like, sorry for the crude drawing

 

http://www.etoolcart.com/search.asp?...compressor&6=3

 

whoa. 86 bucks, hmm. maybe someone around here has one i could barrow. are there any other crazy tools that are a necessity for building these motors?