valve spring changes without compressed air

[kervinridgley@earthlink.net (Kervin)]

I think in a 8v engine, the valves are not close enough to the top of
the pistons to hold them in place.

Allyn wrote:
> 
> why not just have that cylinder at tdc?
> Al
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kervin" <kervinridgley@earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:00 AM
> Subject: valve spring changes without compressed air
> 
> > at our Charlottesville GTG tonight.  I was taking to Garret about
> > changing my valve springs.  He said on the ones he did without
> > compressed air, he filled the cylinder up with string to keep the valve
> > from dropping down.  Any thoughts on that idea?  I guess I would put the
> > string in and then rotate the crank to put a little pressure on the
> > valve.
> > --
> > Kervin
> > 86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80% and lots of other numbers and letters
> > 88 Gti 1.8 16v Not done and now it's winter :(
> > 00 tt600
> >
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Kervin
86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80% and lots of other numbers and letters
88 Gti 1.8 16v Not done and now it's winter :(
00 tt600