ok, im stumped one trying to figure out what the name of the is to buy another one... I'm in the process of rebuilding my engine and replacing my tranny. i disassembled today, using one of those cheap spring compressors that twist down to removed the valves, and the damn thing kept shooting springs across the yard while i was trying to release the spring after removing the valve. i ended up only losing one piece after having several springs fly. the piece i'm needing to know what is called is the little cone shaped piece with a flange at the top which sits between the keepers and the retainer. only the intake valves have them, the exhaust just has the keepers, with the retainers and springs, but for some reason the intake uses the keepers, this funky lil thing, then the retainer on top of the spring. can anyone help?! even better, can anyone tell me where i can get one, or even a whole other set? thanks a lot guys

 

or can i just purchase some oem valve spring retainers, which all 16 appear identical on every listing i've found? i dont get why the intake valve retainer is 2-piece, while the exhaust retainer is only one...

 

it's the smaller doohickie. lol sits inside of the retainer cup

 

Go to a machine shop and take your parts, they will need to match them to the exact size

 

i was thinking about that. i was hoping that when i take the heads to be resurfaced that maybe they'd be able to hook me up with that retainer piece as well