Valve Spring Compressor

[Funky Diver]

Will it do the job required on our good ole 8v engine?

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165469

Cheers... would be popping down today and grabbing one. I have an urgent desire to compress valve springs.

[walkinginperu]

You need to make sure it has the little tubey adaptor thingy on the end that looks like a normal g-clamp on that link. Some of them come with different heads. The scirocco heads have recessed valve springs so you need an adaptor to get to the collets.

[Funky Diver]

Just checked... not suitable for our schtuff...

[walkinginperu]

What you're after is basically a metal tube with some cutout "windows" in it. Haynes even shows you how to make your own, but the last compressor i used had one on already

[Funky Diver]

Found one for forty notes...

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... -040211434

Comes with a few adapters, spoke to the dude at my local shop and it DOES do the job. He's got a 2 litre goof.

[Chaps]

That one is alot better, I used it on both a 8v and 16v head and its good.
Those smaller ones are abit of a ball ache imo.

[walkinginperu]

That's the badger! Bit more cash but will make the job a lot easier