Pieces of steel in cylinder??

Righty Tighty said

Couple coats of primer on the block, then she’ll get a few helpings of Chrysler blue in the morning. Swapping out the stock springs for some Comp Cams 901 springs while the primer sets. Valve springs aren’t fun!

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You have the best spring compressor for a home shop right there and you ain't using it!!!!

That big C clamp is a spring compressor. Run by a local machine shop that will have some hardened spring cups (you want the cup with the ID of 1.675) and get one.

Then you can either cut the end off the C clamp and weld the cup on, or weld the cup on the C clamp and drill a hole in the clamp so there is room for the valve stem to go through.

I'll go snap a picture of mine and post it here. What you are using is crapola and deadly.