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37ford4dr · 10-05-2011, 01:01 PM

you raise the valves up and use a grinder to cut off the stem below the head of the valve and life gets really easy..grinder will cost about $30 at HD and use the 1/16 thick cutting wheels...with out the heads on the valves you can hammer out the valve guides by using an impact socket as a drift and a ball pein hammer. you can even soak them if you want

you can pull the springs off the valves but it is a real PITA you use a long screw driver and a long pair of pliers with the circle ends. you basically capture the valve spring with the plier and wrap the circle end around one of the windings of the spring and then pull down and with the other hand use the long screwdriver blade to lever the spring down and to the side....it takes all of your upper body strength and about 5 mins per spring and you keep working it down and to the side.

10-05-2011, 01:01 PM	#2
37ford4dr Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: arlington va Posts: 185	Re: Valve Removal Flathead yet again! you raise the valves up and use a grinder to cut off the stem below the head of the valve and life gets really easy..grinder will cost about $30 at HD and use the 1/16 thick cutting wheels...with out the heads on the valves you can hammer out the valve guides by using an impact socket as a drift and a ball pein hammer. you can even soak them if you want you can pull the springs off the valves but it is a real PITA you use a long screw driver and a long pair of pliers with the circle ends. you basically capture the valve spring with the plier and wrap the circle end around one of the windings of the spring and then pull down and with the other hand use the long screwdriver blade to lever the spring down and to the side....it takes all of your upper body strength and about 5 mins per spring and you keep working it down and to the side. Last edited by 37ford4dr; 10-05-2011 at 01:06 PM.