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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 08:18 PM
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This Saturday I'm gonna try this swap out, I got a Magic stick to go in the place of my stocker.
A Magic Stick? As in a Texas Speed MS3 or MS4?
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 08:22 PM
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so which one of you fellows wants to help a kid out with his cam swap? ill pay for gas both ways and get ya a delicious home cooked southern meal plus some cash
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Old Sep 24, 2009 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Beatdown Z
A Magic Stick? As in a Texas Speed MS3 or MS4?

Yup, MS3, Does anybody have a pic of this tool?
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Old Sep 24, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Team Paulie
Yup, MS3, Does anybody have a pic of this tool?
JPR tool..

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Old Sep 25, 2009 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by budhayes3
JPR tool..

is that for holding the new cam?
I'm looking to see what the valve spring removel tool looks like.
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Old Sep 25, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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Those rods go into the block to hold up the lifters...spring tools look different depending which style you use. I highly recommend the Crane valvespring tool.
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Old Sep 25, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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i used the cheap *** spring tool from a zone and it took twice as long to do the springs than the cam. i also used the wooden dowel rods piece of cake and they were cheap!
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Old Sep 25, 2009 | 07:11 PM
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This is the Crane tool, you can get it from Vincihiperformance dot com.



Here's one that I don't recommend as it can slip sideways (at least that's the problem I had with it)



This one works but is tedious and the valve stem can get nicked if it's used incorrectly



There are also ones that look like pry bars with a notch on the end, some guys have good luck with those (I think there's someone on LS1Tech selling them as "Tim's valvspring tool" or something like that), but it seems like it would be hard to get the springs back by the firewall with that one...
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 07:58 AM
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here's some pics and a short vid . . .

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...d.php?t=445269
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 12:05 PM
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Crane tool FTW!!
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