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Message: [QUOTE="Krause, post: 1178003, member: 331"] And next come valve springs. These are comp 910's, and a .0030 shim. Bought this valve spring compressor tool off amazon for 17 bucks. Did the job fine. Cant use this in truck I guess, but of course thats not the case here so it got it done. [ATTACH=full]149322[/ATTACH] Once compressed, get a magnet and grab the keepers out. In most cases, I had to push the spring around a bit in order for them to let the keepers go. [ATTACH=full]149323[/ATTACH] After that, the spring comes right out. Take the top plate and put it on the new comp springs, and compress them for install. Coat the new valve seal in oil and the shim goes on first, then the valve seal. [ATTACH=full]149324[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149325[/ATTACH] Put the new compressed spring over the seal, and work the keepers back in (this is a task on some, depends if the spring compresses perfectly straight or not), And you are done. Repeat 16 times. Once done, the valve train components can go back on and now dont take up space in garage, thats a win. I am using some Permatex assembly lube from amazon. [ATTACH=full]149326[/ATTACH] Cant remember the torque spec on the rocker arm hold down bolts, but I found them on google/FTE somewhere. And looky what else showed up on friday! My injectors made it back, [ATTACH=full]149327[/ATTACH] And they are going in shiny new cups, which have had time to cure now. [ATTACH=full]149328[/ATTACH] Got them all in, the top down bolt is bottomed out on shoulder at 120 INCH/Lbs, and the lower hold down bolt is torqued to 120 INCH/Lbs (it will not bottom out). Either my hands arnt manly enough, or the new orings were tight, but I needed to gently use a rubber mallet to fully seat the injectors. [ATTACH=full]149329[/ATTACH] Then the oil deflectors, they go to 106 Inch/Lbs [ATTACH=full]149330[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149331[/ATTACH] Next, I had some suspect looking exhaust manifold bolts, so I decided to risk it and try replacing them one at a time with good ones. Not all of them looked bad, only 5. I got really lucky and didn't have any break on me. So got them changed while the motor was out. [ATTACH=full]149332[/ATTACH] These are the ones that looked bad to me [ATTACH=full]149333[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149334[/ATTACH] There are the 5 I removed, the one on the far right had some chipping on the head. [ATTACH=full]149335[/ATTACH] Then it was oil cooler time. [ATTACH=full]149336[/ATTACH] I used vaseline [ATTACH=full]149337[/ATTACH] And a racket strap to compress it. Worked well [ATTACH=full]149338[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149339[/ATTACH] And it goes on, shop is slowly loosing clutter. [ATTACH=full]149340[/ATTACH] Look what else showed up! [ATTACH=full]149341[/ATTACH] Then tapped things off again.. [ATTACH=full]149342[/ATTACH] Painty painty [ATTACH=full]149343[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149344[/ATTACH] And this is how she is looking [ATTACH=full]149345[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149346[/ATTACH] Hoping to get the TConverter this week and be able to put this back into the truck. -Andrew[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]