Hey everyone,

I'm back to the board! I haven't been here in months upon months, but i have returned.
The ol' '82 242GLT has been sitting in my driveway since it broke a valve spring at the beginning of the summer. I miss the ol' girl, and the DL just isn't satisfying me. So i called the local shop to get them to look at it, and he said he has a fresh head off a B21A that he could put on. How different is this than the one on my B21E?
I'm sorry, i know this has prolly been covered before, but i couldnt see it in the search i did......

Thanks everyone, and good to see some familiar names still here!!
John
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John '82 242GLT / '83 244DL / '66 122S (crunched front end, looking for a home)

Hey everyone!
I took the ol' girl to the shop, mainly cuz i have no time to do anything these days. It was a broken valve spring, as i thought. It got replaced along with a new head gasket all for $150, so i'm quite happy with that. It's good to have her back!! But now.... why is it idling so bad? I'l go start another thread......

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John '82 242GLT / '83 244DL / '66 122S (crunched front end, looking for a home)

Yeah, I even made a website for the compressor. it's in my sig. You might have to make a bit more precise measurement for your specific spring that broke, but my tool does work, and saves A LOT of time over removing the head (and the $$ of putting a new one on!). If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Good luck,

Nate Gundy
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'86 240DL sedan, 260K miles, M46, K cam, 25/23mm sways, 260 front and wagon rear springs; http://valvespringcompressor.weblogs.us/

Unggthat made some posts some time back about valve spring replacement. Including tool built.

So wouldn't it be easier swithching in a spring?
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1980 245 Canadian B21A with SU carb and M46 trans