I’m sure it’s been asked but I need help with removing valves

[Flathead Fever]

Originally Posted by L-head

The All Power valve tools are great. I wish someone would make them again. When all else fails, cut the springs and the valve stems. I have scars on both hands from engines that I have torn down. The K-D 918 tool is a good one; they also made on for 60hp engines.

I have one of those All-Power Valve guider keeper removal bars. They are hard to find. It has a knurled end that grabs the tab on the keeper and rips it right out. It works on guides that are stuck so bad that the flathead valve bar won't budge them down. It destroys the keeper, but it gets them out. Then I use a bearing press plate under the valve head. As I tighten the nuts it pulls up on the valve until the guide pops loose. It works really well for getting the most stubborn guides loose. That way I'm not pounding on stuff.

Sorry I don't have a photo of the All-Power Tool in my computer, but I have a couple of the press plate popping a guide out that refused to budge. They all
came out with the valve bar except two that refused to move even after ripping the keepers out with the All-Power tool. I had this press plate hanging on the wall and I had a vision. It popped them out without hardly any effort.