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I made this tool last week, and ended up having to modify it a bit to massage it into working for me. What I did was drill a series of 5/16" holes every 0.75" along the length of a 1/4" thick, 3/4" wide piece of bar stock. I did this so that I could position the eye bolt and pipe where ever was most appropriate for the best leverage. Using a bar longer than 12" was too big and often either hit the radiator or the firewall. So what I did was take a piece of 12" long 1" OD pipe to use as a cheater bar on the tool. On the rear bank that allowed me to pull up on the bar and hold it with my shoulder while I had both hands free to pull and replace keepers. This made life a LOT easier, as the tool was much more adjustable. Also, using my modified bar with many holes, I was able to do many of the rear head springs with the tool setup the same way as the front bank (pushing down instead of up). The pushing down method seems a LOT easier. Regardless, the rear bank is a MAJOR beotch and it took me about 12 hours to do all the springs. I was putting in high tension valve springs though, so it was a lot more difficult to compress them than the stockers. The first spring took me over 30 minutes. If I was lucky, the last few springs took 5-10 minutes each. Hope these hints help people! Big thanks to othercarisafiat for the original write-up. Regards,

Wayne