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[HarrysMini]

Just a quickie, is this valve spring compressor suitable for a Mini engine?

 

http://www.machinema...ring compressor

 

It looks similar to the Minispares one, but they want £8 to post it, while I can collect from Machine Mart.

 

Thanks

Edited by HarrysMini, 04 January 2014 - 06:44 PM.

[DannyTip]

It looks very similar to the one i used to do mine. But it wait for someone to confirm.

[The Matt]

http://www.machinema...ring compressor

It'll work. But so will the one above. The one you linked is a good general purpose one and has more clearance for ohc heads. I've got one of each. The one you linked also doesn't have as much room around the collets but will work fine and will also work better for other cars you may end up tinkering with.

[The Matt]

Mine is more like this actually...

http://www.machinema...ring compressor

[HarrysMini]

Okay, thanks. I think I might get the cheaper one as I'm not going to be doing major engine work on anything but an A series. 

[Tamworthbay]

http://www.machinema...ring compressor
It'll work. But so will the one above. The one you linked is a good general purpose one and has more clearance for ohc heads. I've got one of each. The one you linked also doesn't have as much room around the collets but will work fine and will also work better for other cars you may end up tinkering with.

I have one of those and find it a pain with a series heads. I have to use a stack of big washers to pack it out and get it to work. I got one of these and it works much better:

http://www.amazon.co...ring compressor

[Ryang556]

 

http://www.machinema...ring compressor
It'll work. But so will the one above. The one you linked is a good general purpose one and has more clearance for ohc heads. I've got one of each. The one you linked also doesn't have as much room around the collets but will work fine and will also work better for other cars you may end up tinkering with.

I have one of those and find it a pain with a series heads. I have to use a stack of big washers to pack it out and get it to work. I got one of these and it works much better:

http://www.amazon.co...ring compressor

 

 

 

I always find the ones like that are a lot easier to use on any head 

[HarrysMini]

 

http://www.machinema...ring compressor
It'll work. But so will the one above. The one you linked is a good general purpose one and has more clearance for ohc heads. I've got one of each. The one you linked also doesn't have as much room around the collets but will work fine and will also work better for other cars you may end up tinkering with.

I have one of those and find it a pain with a series heads. I have to use a stack of big washers to pack it out and get it to work. I got one of these and it works much better:

http://www.amazon.co...ring compressor

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.machinema...ring compressor
It'll work. But so will the one above. The one you linked is a good general purpose one and has more clearance for ohc heads. I've got one of each. The one you linked also doesn't have as much room around the collets but will work fine and will also work better for other cars you may end up tinkering with.

I have one of those and find it a pain with a series heads. I have to use a stack of big washers to pack it out and get it to work. I got one of these and it works much better:

http://www.amazon.co...ring compressor

 

 

 

I always find the ones like that are a lot easier to use on any head 

 

 

Are these of good quality then? It just seems a bit cheap to me, and it looks like it's made of plastic?

 

I might get that one if it is though, and it is definitely suitable for an A Series?

[Guess-Works.com]

I use one of these... http://www.machinema...ring compressor

 

 

and as mentioned above I have a fairly thick washer welded to the end of the cup... This is because the length of the mini valve is relatively short and that extra bit on the adjustement makes all the difference to the operation of the compressor...

[Tamworthbay]

http://www.machinema...ring compressor
It'll work. But so will the one above. The one you linked is a good general purpose one and has more clearance for ohc heads. I've got one of each. The one you linked also doesn't have as much room around the collets but will work fine and will also work better for other cars you may end up tinkering with.

I have one of those and find it a pain with a series heads. I have to use a stack of big washers to pack it out and get it to work. I got one of these and it works much better:http://www.amazon.co...ring compressor

 
 

http://www.machinema...ring compressor
It'll work. But so will the one above. The one you linked is a good general purpose one and has more clearance for ohc heads. I've got one of each. The one you linked also doesn't have as much room around the collets but will work fine and will also work better for other cars you may end up tinkering with.

I have one of those and find it a pain with a series heads. I have to use a stack of big washers to pack it out and get it to work. I got one of these and it works much better:http://www.amazon.co...ring compressor

 
 
I always find the ones like that are a lot easier to use on any head 

 
Are these of good quality then? It just seems a bit cheap to me, and it looks like it's made of plastic?
 
I might get that one if it is though, and it is definitely suitable for an A Series?

Metal not plastic. Works fine and has several adaptors so you can customise to make it perfect. I also got a couple for work as they are very good for the money.

[HarrysMini]

Think I'll go for that one then. Thanks for the advice