Valve tools

CP

CP

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i have been in the hunt for the valve tools needed to tear apart and old engine. i was looking at the Van Pelts pictures of coarse and paying top dallar for two out of the three tool he lists on his web page. i was thinking....finally...

there are alot more tools than just the ones "he" shows. particularly the kd917 and kd918.

is there any listing if other tools that may work just as well.

i have the kd 918 and now i have the bar. i need the kd-917....or do i?

i just thought i'd ask. ....i see so many other tools for sale.

thanks. charles

maybe a tool department is necessary for us rookies.
 
can you get your valves out with the bar??....prying the guide down to be able to pull the clips with a pair of pliers or something like that??...if so, you might not "need" all those tools....good luck....Mike
 
When you start working with the flathead valvetrain, you need every tool imaginable and several others.
 
I've disassembled a few V8 60's with that flat bar tool and a "T" handle dent puller that has a hook at the bottom end of the "T".

Pry down with the bar and pull the keepers out with the dent puller...
 
About all you need is a plasma cutter, a hammer and a 3/8 x 8 inch punch to get any valves out. They can have been in the ocean for 50 years and these simple tools will get them out.
 
you really only need two tools to remove flathead valves and guides, one is the long forked bar for pulling down the guide to remove the horse shoe kepper, the other tool is one that is bent to go past an open valve and set on top of the guide so it can be driven down with a hammer so you can remove the keeper, this tool is used when you cannot pull the guide down with the long bar to remove the keeper, most of the time when you have driven the guide you can then use the bar to force the guides out,
 
I think you guys are forgetting the most important tool, the one you need to use first. That is a 50/50 mixture of acetone and ATF liberally sprayed on the parts you want to remove daily for about a week, if the flathead has been sitting.

PS, are you a member of your local Early Ford V-8 Club Chapter? Or, do you know someone who is? That may be your source of someone with the tools who could help you out.
 
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The ATF/ Acetone home made penetrating oil works great . Small sledge hammer is quite adventageos .I made my own bar to pry down the lifters out of a thin 1/2" wrench welded to 3 feet of 5/8" bar stock . Cheap and works great .
 
I ended up with a whole mess of different tools. I try the quick out ones first then proceed to the next best beater tool or jack screw contraption after the easy tool doesn't work. If all else fails, get out the smoke wrench and the BFH.
 
After reading all the advice on the barn and trying various methods I finally had to get out the "red wrench"to cut the bottoms of the springs and valves off--it worked--for about 10 of the valve assemblies I could not otherwise extract.
 
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