valve stem seal replacement

[green536@hotmail.com (Chris DeLong)]

Dave,

You need to find a way to retain the head in place. If you install the 
spring compressor then you will notice the valve attempting to go down. Your 
goal is is not let the valve go down and compress only the spring. There is 
a special plate made by Schley Products that can assist you in this job. 
Basically it is a flat plate with lumps in it where the valves are. The head 
bolts directly onto this (it has hole for the head bolts); thus retaining 
the head for easy valve spring removal.

Be sure to use the little sleeve that you get with the valve seals so the 
seal doesnt get damaged upon installation. Also having a good pair of seal 
pullers would help. GL!


>Hey list...
>
>I'm getting my hands dirty replacing the valve stem seals on my Fox (1.8L,
>Hydro lifters) and am quite lost. Admittedly, I've never really delved this
>far into an engine, and was hoping something would become apparent as I
>progressed.
>
>Well, I don't have a clue as to what I should be doing here. The diagrams 
>in
>the Bentley assumes someone has done this job, or at least sort of knows
>what they're doing.
>
>Yeah, so what's up here? I got the valve spring compressor to compress so
>the valve is now sticking into the combustion chamber (the head is off the
>engine), and can't really figure out what else to do..
>
>Help?
>
>Tanks,
>-Dave
>'88 Foxwagen
>'89 Foxwagen
>'80-'84 many various past roccos
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