Tool for the installation and removal of valves from internal combustion engines

A tool for removing and installing valve springs in an overhead valve engine, the overhead valve engine having a stud adjacent the valve spring, the tool comprising a pair of locking type pliers having a first jaw with an aperture therethrough adapted to engage the stud, a second jaw for engaging the valve spring, said second jaw having an opening therein sufficient to allow the valve retainer to pass therethrough, and first and second handles coupled to said first and second jaws, respectively, said handles pivotally attached to each such that when said handles are pivoted toward each other said first and second jaws simultaneously move toward each other, such that when said first jaw is positioned with the stud extending through said aperture and said second jaw is positioned over the valve spring, said tool can be actuated by pivoting said handles toward each other causing said second jaw to move toward said first jaw to compress the spring with said first jaw reacting the force applied to compress the valve spring.