I'm doing a cam swap in the Charger soon. Part of the job is changing the valve springs. Summit gave a 2 week ETA on the Powermaster spring compressor, so I decided to make my own.
I suppose this would cost about $5 in materials. Please forgive the sloppy welds!

 

I've built custom spark plug tools for my angle plug/large tube header situation, but not as proffesional looking as that device you've built here. Nice job.

 

Very nice job... Some times you got think outside the box.. Done it many times. Bill

 

Nice Thinking...

 

Thanks guys. I tested it on that head. Sorta hard to keep the head from moving around!

 

As I was thinking about your tool. Just a thought and no disrespect intended. If it had a hook type mount instead of a slide on the bar set up you could do all the valves without having to remove the bar to move the tool between the girts.. Just a thought....Bill

 

Thats a nice thought Bill... Get Idea...
Ken Dogs: is stouter than the CompCam's one for sure.

 

Nothing a couple C-Clamps wont help with...

 

back in the day i made spcel screw drivers for Carter carbs.

 

I took no offense. I'm willing to learn.
The reference.."hook type mount" ? Do you mean something that hooks into the intake port or an intake bolt? If so, that wouldn't work if I wanted to change springs with the intake still on. My goal was to make a tool that worked with the heads on and the engine in the car.
I need some help with degreeing the cam. I've never done it solo. I had a buddy help me in 2004 but he had a kit for doing it.

 

I'm Thinking "Hook around the bar" So you don't have to unbolt it to move it passed the stand...

 

Yes if the piece you are now having to slide on the bar were a hook type set up you would not have to unbolt the bar part of the tool to get to the next set of valves. Simply unhook/hook and go to the next set. Right now you can only do 2 valves then you have to unbolt the bar to move to the next 2...Bill

 

Ahhh.....I get it.
Maybe in the time it tales me to find a friend willing to help me degree the cam I could mess around and fab up a hook type lever. I have plenty of metal scraps around here.