EX ELECTRONIX EXPRESS 8 Inch Valve Spring Compressor 78VSPRINGC8

Not the sturdiest valve spring compressor I've used, it could use a longer handle for more leverage as well. That being said, for the price its a great little tool and had no issues handling the valve springs on my Land Rover Discovery V8. I do suggest using a piece of rubber or a rag in between the cup and the valve to avoid marring.

I used this on a Kohler 17HP twin cylinder mower engine. It did the job but was fairly difficult to use because of the size of the fork that held the end of the spring and the small area in the compartment where the spring was located. The fork appears to be made out of soft steel versus hardened steel, thus it was rather bulky and left little room to access the valve keepers. This should work okay for larger engines, but I do not recommend it for small engines.

Did not work for a DOHC, takes some fiddling on pushrod heads.

works for what i need wish it was more durable wont last a long time but good price

works but awkward to use

The forks that hold onto the spring are not made of hardened steel, so they bend instead of compressing the spring. Also the body where the screw clamps is twists, it couldn't compress a rear-view mirror spring without bending.

Tried using a pair of 8" C clamps together and some extreme attention to detail and careful placement and manipulation to remove some valves from a couple CX500 heads... one went really well, the second... a valve spring retainer shot across the garage and into another dimension. I spent an hour and a half straight looking for this half-dollar sized piece of metal before jumping on amazon, ordering a new one, and a real valve spring compressor.Once it showed up I easily extracted all of my valves, lost no other part, it was easy, I love this thing.

Used on a set of sbc heads. Works good. The tool is on the lighter side and the lever could be a bit longer as it’s hard to compress the heavier springs but is still doable.