Word to the Wise using Pen Magnet Method
07-14-2007, 02:48 PM
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Word to the Wise using Pen Magnet Method okay, when you do your cam swap, and you're using pen magnets down the pushrod holes. MAKE SURE YOU"RE CAREFUL PULLING THEM BACK OUT ! ! ! i broke the head off of one of the magnets today. Was almost finished swapping out m torquer 2 for a trex, then i realized, oh, better put the rockers back on, so i started taking the magnets out, but one came out missing somehting important, the magnet 
07-14-2007, 03:16 PM
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the one i was using can barely fit in the hole, i used the biggest one possible that broke!!! i tried usin a retriever but i keep hooking the lifter tray or the lifter itself, how i'm missing the magnet i have no idea
07-15-2007, 09:49 AM
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that sucks man...i was going to do the pen magnet on my car...but they were much more expensive than the 96 cents i spent on 48" of 5/16" dowel rods. That worked great! Sorry you have to rip all the stuff apart to get that **** out
07-15-2007, 12:05 PM
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Yeah, it's official now, i started breaking the bolts loose last night, then got sidetracked. Definitley sucks, so i ordered gasket and bolts from thunder racing this morning
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07-15-2007, 02:13 PM
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i have a few small headed magnets like autzone had, and the one that broke is huge, got them at o'reilly's and i loved them, til yesterday
07-15-2007, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by aggie-chase
Dowel method 
ow now you tell me, Well! I honestly was gonna do this but i already had the pen magnets, that i paid almost thirty bucks for, so i figured i'd get my use out of them. Wish i had thrown them out now, or kept them in the toolbox atleast
07-15-2007, 03:14 PM
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yeah, the dowel works just as good as the cam tool, but i really would have gotten the cam tool to save just placing my order with thunder racing for head gasket and bolts!
07-15-2007, 03:31 PM
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Ya debated it for a while but the money we put into our car 95 bucks isn't that much, plus it guarentees that part of the install instead of what you mentioned of a more expensive cost like ripping apart the motor. Not the end of the world though, you'll have her rippin up the streets in no time once again!
07-15-2007, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by nobreaks254
you want to sell that torquer 2?
