Or more accurately, "in truck". I posted before about my old Chev truck and rich running, (and got some good and appreciated advice), now I need to plan out doing the valve stem seals. I may just take the heads off and have everything checked, (guides/valves), since it's an easy job but want to know if the option of changing just stem seals in the vehicle is a big PIA? Someone told me that it is, now I can't remember why...
I know the basic drill of pressurizing the individual cylinder with it @ TDC and compressing the spring somehow to remove keepers and springs, not sure what tool I need to compress spring with head on engine? I have a big valve spring compressor but it's used with head off--it wraps around the bottom for leverage.
i know that there are some domestic vehicle techs on here, (as well as just good old gear heads with a lot of general knowledge), is this a PIA job? Should I just pull the heads? TIA.
