I think my cheap spring compressor had something to do with this. If you had the right spring compressor..and could really compress most of the spring.... the keeper do come right out..

but with my spring compressor... the spring barely got compressed enough and the keeper wouldn't free on their own...except in two or three cases when i got the compressor on the lowest part of the spring.

the very thought of losing a valve kept me from doing this job for nearly two years... but in the end it was no big deal. Of course I had the piston at top dead center and compressed air
running...

the other poster was right...in between i had to shut the compressor down... it was driving me crazy... i did this job in my garage.

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1989 300ce 129k
( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone)

1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus

1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k



1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it


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