Valve guide bar

[TomC750]

Shopped a bit for a valve guide removal bar, cost of bar not bad, but shipping is a good bit more than bar, bringing total to around $100. Any suggestions here?
I must have had one once...

 

[cas3]

I've bought all my old valve tools from ebay. You can usually find good old name brand american made stuff there.

 

[TomC750]

I do not shop Ebay a lot , so I tend not to think about it. Same goes for Amazon. However, I was in the vicinity of the NAPA store I shop at, so I tapped my favorite counterman to see if he happened to own one I could borrow. He did not, but this guy has a lot of Ford experience. In no time he had Ebay up, found one, decent price and cheaper shipping, roughly half of what I saw earlier.

Then he brought up Walmart. Huh? They had an Offenhauser bar for a good price and only $11 shipping. Supposed to have it Friday. Here is a tool that the latest application goes back over 70 years. Whodathunk?

 

[Tim Ayers]

I do not shop Ebay a lot , so I tend not to think about it. Same goes for Amazon. However, I was in the vicinity of the NAPA store I shop at, so I tapped my favorite counterman to see if he happened to own one I could borrow. He did not, but this guy has a lot of Ford experience. In no time he had Ebay up, found one, decent price and cheaper shipping, roughly half of what I saw earlier.

Then he brought up Walmart. Huh? They had an Offenhauser bar for a good price and only $11 shipping. Supposed to have it Friday. Here is a tool that the latest application goes back over 70 years. Whodathunk?

Good news. Glad you found one at a good price.

I think Walmart is trying to compete with Amazon. They offer a lot of different items on their website that come from third party vendors.

 

[cas3]

I don't do anything at amazon, bezos can get along fine without my money. Reason for my post is there are good old snap on, blue point, etc tools reasonably priced, not wore out from the little guys too, not the mega corps

 

[ThirstyThirty]

A-z is one of our fav suppliers!

right up there with the liquor store!

 

[pistonbroke]

We couldn't find the nice old snap on we've had since my brother and I were in highschool when we were removing the old valves out of my 255 two years ago. I took an old crowbar and my porting tool and made one that I think works better then the snap on did. Tim

 

[Tim Ayers]

We couldn't find the nice old snap on we've had since my brother and I were in highschool when we were removing the old valves out of my 255 two years ago. I took an old crowbar and my porting tool and made one that I think works better then the snap on did. Tim

Haha. That's great. It does amaze me how many different companies made them. I think I have three different ones, including a KR Wilson. I've found the old Blackhawk brand works the best of all the ones I have and the KR Wilson to be the most cumbersome to use.

 

[Andy]

I tried using the right tool on a couple of flatheads. I thought the tool was rediculus! The spring has coils so the tool fits in sideways.
I went back to the lever C clamp used on my overheads.. I put in below the retainer. I compress the spring and pull the keepers out. You can then pull the valve up and push the guide down and remove the c clip.
I assemble the same but backwards. I insert the stack of valve, guide, and retainer. I insert the c clip and compress the spring with the c clamp and install the keepers.
My C clamp is adjustable and locks in the compressed position. It is a joy to use after the pickle fork.

 

[tubman]

Here's a couple of pictures of a home-made tool I put together from some scrap steel to put together Ford 8BA valve assemblies. It's a copy of a K R Wilson tool pictured in George McNichols flathead book. It makes putting these together a snap.

 

[tubman]

More pictures.

 

[TomC750]

Golly, interesting for sure. The one I am getting is branded "Offenhauser". I considered making one but did not find a suitable piece of scrap.