Pull off your front valve cover (cake) to see what you are dealing with. There is no room to remove the valve springs without pulling the cams. Removing the cams isn't that much work. The timing belt will only take a few hours more and the extra room will make sure you don't drop the keepers into the abys of the head...
Think of it this way... you could probably swap brake pads without taking the wheels off, but why would you want to?
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Originally Posted by cbatters
Appreciate your input. My first choice is to find an existing tool that allows the spring to be compressed using a screw instead of a lever. This would free up both hands to remove/install the spring/keepers. Any time savings gets multiplied times 24 springs so I figured it was worth looking around to see what was available.
Did you ever consider modifying the tool (KD-2078) to allow it to grab onto the spring?
Clint
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