My EK with b18C1 needed new valve seals. The car has great compression and nothing else wrong with the motor. Everywhere I went to quoted me labor hours for taking the head off, resurfacing, suggested a new headgasket, all to just replace valve seals.

I found a DIY online that suggested using a vice, some zip-ties, and a torch to do it with the head still on the car, but the method look awfully dangerous and I was looking for a cleaner solution.

Well I found an awesome tool to do the job without pulling the head, and it's really simple and fairly cheap. I put the company's card in the pic so anyone who needs to find one new, can.






Modified by boostd92 at 1:33 PM 10/8/2008

 

Wow, that has to be one of the best tools I've seen for Honda's.

When I did my valve spring/retainer/guide intall, it was very difficult since I was using one of those Autozone rental kits...which was probably designed for a domestic.

Very cool.

 

sweet action im going to spread this around to a few other sites..

 

Somebody buy mine! pacakged and ready to ship.. hehe

 

you are a trooper using a v8 spring compressor on the teg. when i was tearing my motor down i tried using my v8 compressor, gave up and just beat the retainers with a hammer 'till the springs went flying across the garage.

 

very nice

 

I used this when rebuilding my head, works fantastic.

WELL worth the $$ spent, even to use it once.

 

I have this tool also. Works great

 

wow that was a quick sell.

Might want to edit your post to say it's been sold.

 

Would be nice if the website spelled VTEC correctly haha

Why couldn't they have made it out of hardened steel. Would that be more expensive than aluminum? It would certainly be stronger, less likely to bend.

 

The plate thickness is sufficient that it will not bend/deform. I'm guessing they used aluminum because it is easier to machine than steel.

I think the only downside to aluminum is the possibility of cross-threading, but unless you're really not paying attention that shouldn't be an issue.

But there's no excuse for misspelling VTEC!

The nicest thing about this tool is that you can properly space out your keepers (directly across from each other), which is nearly impossible with the compression type tools.