I've done this procedure and it works well. The only difficulty you'll have
is coming up with a tool that will compress the springs while you put the
new keepers on. You can buy one from Auto Zone etc., but as I remember,
they were too large for the small springs on the TR. I ended up making one
myself from some soft steel and it worked well. With all of the small cars
around now, there may be one available commercially now.
Good luck
Pete
> I've never tried this but it was suggested to me many years ago. (First
> replace all the head nuts and torque back down) make a fitting that will
> allow you to apply compressed air to the spark plug hole.
The fitting is available commercially ... or what I use is the hose &
fitting from my compression gauge. The fitting at the gauge end is a
standard 1/8" NPT so a 1/8 - 1/4 bushing from Home Depot lets me put an
air-line quick connect on it. Remove the Schrader valve from the spark plug
fitting and it's ready to go. (Don't forget to put the valve back
afterwards, or your compression gauge readings will be really low :)
There's no check valve in this setup, so you'll need to leave the air supply
connected while you work. That's good anyway, as otherwise it will leak
down past the rings. If your rings and valves are in good shape, you could
probably even use one of those 12v compressor things for the air source (but
I use my tired old Sanborn 110v compressor).
Randall
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