Simple Cam Swap goes BAD
09-13-2010, 11:50 AM
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Simple Cam Swap goes BAD So I went down to the shop sat. morning to swap the cam and springs. I planned on firing it up that night. I was down to the part where I use the lifter tool to keep them from falling.
AND THEN.......
I stuck a magnet in the pushrod hole and it got stuck in the damn retainer. The bastard magnet broke off down in there.
So all day sat., half a day sunday, and now tonight and I should finally hear it run.
I will post up some pics of the aftermath of breaking a magnet later along with the startup video.
BE CAREFUL OR JUST DONT USE A MAGNET!!!!!!
AND THEN.......
I stuck a magnet in the pushrod hole and it got stuck in the damn retainer. The bastard magnet broke off down in there.
So all day sat., half a day sunday, and now tonight and I should finally hear it run.
I will post up some pics of the aftermath of breaking a magnet later along with the startup video.
BE CAREFUL OR JUST DONT USE A MAGNET!!!!!!
09-13-2010, 02:23 PM
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09-13-2010, 02:27 PM
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i had the same thing happen. i used the dowels and one of the lifters dident want to stay up so i stuck a magnet in there and then got a little worried that it wasent coming out so i yanked on it harder then i broke the magnet in there took all night to get it out, i ended up using that scissor looking tool the doctors use and i was able to get it out.
09-13-2010, 02:33 PM
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So after almost giving completely up, you smoked a joint and then used the hemostats to pull the magnet from the engine. Classic...... Now lets hear it
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09-13-2010, 04:07 PM
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Sucks about the magnet!
Kind off topic but we tried using dowels in two different motors and they didn't look like they were doing anything. We shined a light down and it didn't seem like they'd stop a lifter falling.
Kind off topic but we tried using dowels in two different motors and they didn't look like they were doing anything. We shined a light down and it didn't seem like they'd stop a lifter falling.
09-13-2010, 04:16 PM
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1999 called, they want their cam swap ideas back. 
People need to quit using the magnets for this reason alone. I had this happen to me as well back in 2000, and that was the last time I ever used magnets.
Spin the cam in both directions abruptly to throw all the lifters in their retainers, slide 2 steel 5/16 rods in each hole, and pull the cam out.
People need to quit using the magnets for this reason alone. I had this happen to me as well back in 2000, and that was the last time I ever used magnets.
Spin the cam in both directions abruptly to throw all the lifters in their retainers, slide 2 steel 5/16 rods in each hole, and pull the cam out.
09-13-2010, 05:05 PM
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1999 called, they want their cam swap ideas back.
People need to quit using the magnets for this reason alone. I had this happen to me as well back in 2000, and that was the last time I ever used magnets.
Spin the cam in both directions abruptly to throw all the lifters in their retainers, slide 2 steel 5/16 rods in each hole, and pull the cam out.
People need to quit using the magnets for this reason alone. I had this happen to me as well back in 2000, and that was the last time I ever used magnets.
Spin the cam in both directions abruptly to throw all the lifters in their retainers, slide 2 steel 5/16 rods in each hole, and pull the cam out.
Ok so explain to me how I will be doing it since I have an LQ9 and have been told there are no holes to slide dowels into?
09-13-2010, 06:04 PM
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can someone post pics of the holes to slide the dowels in. i will be tearing into mine this weekend for a cam swap and was going to be using the magnet method but after reading this i am kinda sketchy. would rather go for the sure thing
09-13-2010, 08:45 PM
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Same here and I had to pull the passanger side head......I also will never use a magnet tool. The $50 in head bolts and gakets sucks but I was so pissed to pull a stock head off and put a stock head back on. My Fiance' ask what was wrong and I told her it was like having a miss-carriage - all that work and nothing to show for it!!!
09-13-2010, 11:32 PM
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i had the same thing happen to me, shitty harbour frieght magnets. sucked, i thought i was gonna have to pull the intake off. after fighting it for 2 hours i got it.