potatonet 0 Posted January 16, 2006 anyone know a better way than buying the plastic tool for installing my valve seals? I am redoing the seals and stems before I put on this AMG charger so I dont have oil burning still... no my rings arent fried. anyway looking for a better alternative, can I use a empty pen tube or something? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flusted 0 Posted January 16, 2006 Think i used a socket but cant remember Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted January 16, 2006 rgr that, thanks =-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted January 22, 2006 how hard is it to replace valve guides when I am doing the seals? do they have to be pressed in and can I do it with the cylinder head on the car? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VEEDUBBED 0 Posted January 22, 2006 There's no way you'll shift the guides easily without a hyd press,some say the guides should be fitted with the head heated to 100 degrees first,the manual states that you drift them in on a cold cyl head,i once did change all 16 guides by making a tool and just whacked them in and out on a cold head with a mallet i had no problems luckly but you could easily break the top off a guide and cause other damage. If you do decide to try it's very important that you first measure with a caliper the actual guide height in the head,should be 10mm(seal end of guide)the stem seals can also be real swines to remove without the special pliers,forget using normal pliers,believe me,they won't work. 11mm long socket works when re-fitting stem seals,always lubricate the top of the valve first and use the special plastic sleeve to protect the stem seal from the valve's ridges that retain the valve collets Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted January 22, 2006 ooooook, so I wont replace the guides and I guess I will buy the dumb pliers and the plastic guide, I ordered seals but there was no guide with them.... -.- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VEEDUBBED 0 Posted January 22, 2006 Yeah,sometimes they tend to 'forget' to add the small plastic sleeve,i bought a pair of those pliers 3 years ago when i was down in England at a tool fair for a tenner,paid for themselves the first time i used them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted January 22, 2006 how much did you buy them for? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VEEDUBBED 0 Posted January 23, 2006 How much did i but what for? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VEEDUBBED 0 Posted January 23, 2006 How much did i buy what for? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted January 23, 2006 the pliers, I just bought them for 20 dollars on ebay. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VEEDUBBED 0 Posted January 23, 2006 Tenner=10GBP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted January 24, 2006 yeah a tenner in america is a high octave singer.... =-) cheers 10 GPB = 20 dollars roughly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
