>original message:
>I want to gat some sort of tool that i can affix to a bench, put a head =
>in it, secure the head, compress valve springs, lap valves, etc.  Any =
>leads?

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Adam,
Why not just make one, a valve spring tool that is.
Afix a vertical post/column to the bench or a platform, a lever arm attached
to the post, and then rod/post to press down on the valve spring (at the
bottom a piece of round pipe the diameter of the spring hat, with part of it
cut out to access the keepers).

I've done that for golf, jetta and vanagon heads.
If I had the dimensions I could make you one.

Gary Lee
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack.htm
1987 syncro westy, dual fuel
1987 BMW 528e, dual fuel
1997 Honda XR600R, street legal