ekjdm14 wrote:Glad to hear all's well now, how did you go on with the valve spring? I'd have opted for compressed air down the GP hole to hold the valve in place, petrol engine I would likely have put a bit of nylon rope down the plug hole and wound the piston round to trap it. Interested to hear any other method you may have used, and can imagine it was 'fun' getting the spring compressed enough. Now a nice low revving sidevalve or IOE lump would have been a doddle, just hold the spring/cap down with one hand and insert collets with the otherbet these springs are a bit tougher though!
Injector out and a bit of telephone extension cable fed in on top of the piston.
Compressing the spring was a problem, had to knock up a jig, nothing to lever against and all at arms full stretched, out of sight too.........but it's done.