Lifter tool nightmare!!!!
06-28-2006, 11:58 AM
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Lifter tool nightmare!!!! I made my own out of 5/16 steel rod. I get it started in the whole but it seems to get stuck. Also, I used a magnet to pull up the lifters one by one but still no luck. Does anyone have any suggestions on what so do? Thanks
06-28-2006, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Xtnct00WS6
Have you tried sharpening the ends of the rod?
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06-28-2006, 12:45 PM
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By shaving a flat surface on the rods will that help get under the lifteras it slides in? Meaning that the rod will hit the lifter but due to the shaved edge it will sort of lift up on the lifter a well?
06-28-2006, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by WS6ta98
By shaving a flat surface on the rods will that help get under the lifteras it slides in? Meaning that the rod will hit the lifter but due to the shaved edge it will sort of lift up on the lifter a well?
06-28-2006, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Xtnct00WS6
I found that to actually be unnecessary because when you spin the motor over, it pumps the lifters up enough that it's not really needed. If the lifters don't get pumped up, then I emagine it'd be crucial.
I barely took off any material...Once i get it on the hole though i turn it to push the lifters up even that much more away from that flat surface I made.
06-28-2006, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by WS6ta98
I'll give it a try as soon as I get home today. Do I need to keep turning the cam over and over again as I push the rods through?
06-28-2006, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by 1936FordPU
How do you spin the motor over to get the lifters up....?????????
I barely took off any material...Once i get it on the hole though i turn it to push the lifters up even that much more away from that flat surface I made.
I barely took off any material...Once i get it on the hole though i turn it to push the lifters up even that much more away from that flat surface I made.
06-28-2006, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Xtnct00WS6
My bad...I meant to say cam, not motor. I spun the cam over to get the lifters to pump up.
06-28-2006, 02:06 PM
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If you have not done it yet screw two of the water pump bolts into the cam and use this two spin the cam with ease . You do not have to remove the spark plugs for this and just spin the cam a few times any or both ways .
Also as others have said it may help to take a grinder and smooth down the ends of the dowel rods to help them go in easier .
Also as others have said it may help to take a grinder and smooth down the ends of the dowel rods to help them go in easier .
06-28-2006, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 1936FordPU
They dont pump up though when you spin the cam...thats what Im trying to figure out. They push up into the lifter cups.
06-28-2006, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ArcticZ28
And the surface tension of the oil on them holds them up there long enough for you to slide the rods in.
