Alright I posted this on another post but I thought it would be useful info for those of us who don't wanna buy the bad *** valve spring tool from snap on for a one time vavle removal and install. The following is a guide to follow if the HEAD IS OFF the block.

To remove valve from head:
Get a 12 or 14 mm socket and an extension. Place the socket with the extension over the retainer an give it a good hit with a hammer. Get the keepers and put them in a ziploc bag and DON"T LOSE THEM. They are like $2.60 each from honda. The valve should now slide out as well as the spring.

To remove valve seal:

your going to need some pliers...and some needel nose pliers. Get a good grip on the valve seal with the pliers and try to break the seal by moving it up and down, left and right, clockwise and counterclockwise. Takes a bit of mucsel but they will come off. One time I actually had to stand on the head (wich was on a towle of course) and pull the damn thing off.

To install valve seal:

get some ultra grey. Put a bit of ultra grey inside the valve seal and place it over the valve guide. I used a big flat head screw driver I had lying around. It had a soft plastic handle that seemed to fit just fine in the deminsions of the head. Use the plastic handle side and place it on the valve seal. On the other end of the screw driver, get a hammer and GENTLY tap the seal into place. You will know when it is on all the way. Make sure it goes on straight. Take your time doing this cause if u mess up you gotta pull the head off again....unless ur a baller and got the snap on vavle spring compressor.

To instal valve springs: ThE sUpEr GhETtO wAy!!!!

Tools:
old rag or Tshirt
vasaline
A deep 19mm, or 20mm or 21mm (whatever one fits around the retainer but is not bigger than the retainer)
a bunch of paper towles

Ok guys this will work all the way up to Type R dual valve springs....maybe after market stuff if your strong enough.

1) first place the head on a soft towle as it would sit on the motor.

2) put the valve in position in the head, and place the valvespring and retainer in position as well.

3) Ball up the old tshirt or rag and place it underneath the valve in the combustion chamber. Make sure it is balled up tight enough so that the vavle won't fall when pressure is applied to it.

4) Put some vasaline in the center of the retainer (this is to keep the keepers in place while you work)

5) Put the keepers in their spot inside the retainer.

6) Get one sheet of the paper towles and place it between the retianer and the deep socket 19mm ur about to use. (the reason you do this is so when you push down on the assymbaly the vavle comes up through the retainer and actually punctures the paper towle allowing the vavle to go through but pushing the keepers into place, the vasiline helps the keepers stay inplace while all this is going on).

7) Get the 19mm and a big *** handfull of papertowles. Ball up the paper towles and use them as a cushion for your hand, then press down with the 19mm hard and see if you can feel the keepers fall into place. It takes a few tries to get it down just right, but it works. Sometimes only one keeper will catch and sometimes they just dont' seem to wanna fall in place...but keep at it and you will succed. And dont' be mister macho and not use the paper towles cause after 16 valves ur gonna be crying.

And thats the ghetto vavle spring removal/installation method

 

thumbs-up for a do it yourselfer...

 

Wow thansk you bro haha.