Valve springs--the saga continues

[Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>]

Okay, I made a little thingy for the spring compressor to hinge on 
that will bolt on to the cam bearing thingies (I still don't know 
what I'm going to do for the exhaust valves), but now I have a new 
problem.  I had planned on pressurizing the cylinders to keep the 
valves up, using the little hose from my compression gauge.  However, 
it seems as though the hose has a one-way valve in the end, so this 
totally won't work.  My question for the collective wisdom of the 
digest is: is there a way to jam this valve open without breaking 
anything, or is there another readily available piece of equipment I 
can use to attach the air compressor to a spark plug hole??

Thanks,
Joe Elliott
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