I see that a few of you have had to change your valve stem seals for the 1600 16v what did you sue to compress the spring without removing the head?  can I use the universal overhead valve spring compressor the everyone has for sale?  it looks like a pully puller.  Is there enough room for this tool?  it looks cramped with all the valves in there.
hears a picture of one on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120078537642&rd=1,1

any help appreciated.

I could'nt find any off the shelf tools that would work , ended up making some. It's a PITA, and I would consider pulling the head to do it again. Watch out for the spring keepers, thay are TINY and easy to loose. I found a missing one in my oil pan months later, By the time I finished I used every magnet and mirror I owned and my back was sore for weeks!

Bent,

Do you have a pic and/or decription of the tool that you made?  What did you ancor it on? Any tips?

  Hey Tip, sorry about taking so long to get back on this post. I tried to upload photos of the tools, but the files are too big. I put them on my web page. www.flickr.com/photos/bentparts    look under valve spring compressor set.  Good Luck!

bent,

Thanks for the link.  I like the turbo pics.

tipover

  Wecome!