valve spring changes without compressed air

[amalventano@sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

why not just have that cylinder at tdc?
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kervin" <kervinridgley@earthlink.net>
To: "List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
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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