I redid the head a while ago and used a metal carpenter's sliding clamp to remove the valve keepers. This is the type of clamp that has an adjustment knob (like from a C-clamp) that slides on a rail. I think they're about $12 at the harware store and they're great for other uses as well. The addition of a 3" piece of pipe with a big V-notch taken out of the side of it allowed for the keepers to be reinstalled. The bolts in the inside sit on the top of the spring (the pipe is just big enough to fit over the spring). The piece of metal on top is where the clamp presses. I brazed it on but it wasn't necessary. Any 'ol peice of scrap metal or angle iron (even a block of wood) would've been fine.

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