valve stem steal broke/ stuck, how to get off?

[BradMph]

Can you take a tool and manipulate the spring into position thru the spring. looks like it just jumped off its groove. Nice macro shot also.
Don't feel too bad, some folks have to re-pull engines because they didn't install the rear main seals correctly and they leak all over the driveways.

Cleaning the surface of the head from gasket material, try a wire brush in a drill, use with a softer wire of course, but it removes everything from gasket material to carbon on the valves and piston tops. Makes a long job very short.

I use one like this brush.jpg