P0LYPRO yeah man. It works wonders. I had video of the whole process but didn't realize I wasn't recording half of it because my camera was reversed. This tool makes the job super easy. It gets a little tight in the back on drivers side, but not too bad.

TheUltimateCrash the retainers look like small round washers with a lip on the inside rim. I screwed up and deleted half my videos and missed the middle part lol. I did the best I could with editing what I had. Thanks for watching.

TheUltimateCrash I rewatched this again. 4:10 shows the new retainer. It sits on top of the spring and valve seal goes underneath and is all held together with keepers locking them in

No worries man. I had the same issue when researching my cam install. Be mindful of lash adjustment when putting everything back together. I had an issue with that but the car still ran. I just didn’t adjust everything properly so I ran into some snags. Thanks for viewing.

Shawn Grage I actually tried that but I guess I was having trouble with my compressor because it wasn’t holding enough pressure in the cylinder to hold the valves up, or the valve seals weren’t great. Using the piston to hold them up worked fine though. I should gone to that before putting rope in the cylinder but you live and you learn.

Zbskater400 I used a paint marker to mark all the gears and chains and just matched them back up when I reinstalled everything. Keep your chains and gears separate so you don’t mix them up and you should be ok.

Lolo123 Morales if you're talking about the chain guides, then yes. If you're digging into it like I did and have more than 75,000 miles, you should go ahead and swap out chains and guides to be safe. They start to break between 90k and 120k depending on how lucky you are.

Ryan James www.amazon.com/4-valve-Valve-Spring-Compressor-Mustang/dp/B017XUR6QU

did you have issue with the cam actuators? I heard you need new bolts or different sized bolts... or can you use the stock actuators and bolts?

You should bring each piston to the top of the cylinder you’re working on to prevent the valve from falling down into the head. I tried the air compressor method, but it didn’t work well for me which is why I went with the method I used. It worked fine the way I did it.

Thank you for replaying sir , i am getting this tool soon and i think your method is the best 🔥 Keep it on , waiting for the new things and videos 👋🏼

carlos stuart I was living in Philly before, but now live in Cecil County. I don't have any other videos unfortunately. I originally started doing this job and first half of the video was deleted by accident so it got chopped up a bit. I didn't degree the cams but I know others who sent their cams and gears to Modular Head Shop and got them degreed and shipped back ready for install. ASAP Automotive in Ephrata PA finished the job off for me because I was too busy to work on it. Where are you from ?

L M This is the ProComp Qualifier Intake manifold. Had it on for a few years and it’s been great.

@@Shawnpmetal awesome, thanks a lot for the reply. I appreciate it. Like the vids too

Brian M Correct. The valve will only drop like an 1/8th of an inch. If you’re working alone on it, you can put like a long dowel in there and watch while you’re turning the crank for it to stop rising. Always do a visual check to be sure.

Oh yeah, definitely. Unless you're taking the heads off the motor, this would be the best tool to use. Regardless, this tool makes compressing the springs super simple and super quick. Once I got things sorted out, I was able to change valve springs in about 3 minutes/ea.

Alright cool, I'm gonna go ahead and pick this tool up soon to swap them out

Awesome. It's not really useful for anything else haha but it makes life a million times easier than the spring clamp tool.

What technique did you use to find TDC on each cylinder?

Pull all the spark plugs so you have no compression. Then shine a light in each cylinder before you work on it and watch for the piston to come up to the top.

carlos stuart Dude, I run Cecil County Mustangs. We have a lot of people from the Lancaster area and all around there. We are on Facebook. Check out my other vids to see the cruises and track days and shit.

Dave Smith nope. Everything is good to go. Rev it up through 6800 RPMs no problem too. I upgraded the valve springs to Beehive springs with titanium retainers.

What was rwhp after cams and tuning?

Get some Tv I know. My air compressor took a shit and wasn’t building enough pressure to keep them up. Had to go to plan C.

ADENS SKY I’m not sure. This is the only way I’ve done it. Worth a try though.

You can see the tops of the pistons when you have the plugs out. All you have to do is shine a light down into the spark plug hole and watch where the piston is. The reason you wanna do that is to ensure the valve doesn’t fall into the motor. Once you remove the valve keepers and let the valve fall, the pistol will hold the valve up so you can work on it. The tolerance is small enough to prevent the valve from falling into the motor.

You have to use the correct springs for your application. They only seat at one height. Spring height just changes tension. The beehives are taller than stock so it’s a stiffer spring rebound. The valve seats and retainers lock in at one height. You would never go to a smaller spring than stock because it would effect the way the valves open and close.

@@Shawnpmetal so no need to shim them if you have correct hardware?

Copy and paste this into Amazon search and it’ll come up. PQY Engine Valve Spring Compressor Tool Compatible with Ford Mustang GT F150 4.6L 5.4L 2V Romeo Windsor Lincoln Mercury Red

Kevin Tronco 2 valves per cylinder 1 exhaust 1 intake

carlos stuart yessir

Cool story bro