Bleeding lifters...?

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Nov 7, 2024 | 09:23 PM

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The risk here is that your lifters being collapsed basically here…stay that way. Hydraulic pressure is a brutally strong force, but I’ve seen lifters stay compressed and have to be disassembled to get the plunger to move back up. The method is unconventional for sure here that your using. I myself hate the adjustable pushrod tools on these LS engines, because of the very things you’ve talked about…fat fingers and NO room…even without a shaft system. If this was in my shop, I’d tear it back down, soak the lifters and make sure they stay pumped up…put it back together and use a tool such as the MS Racing Components EZ checker, to find my pushrod lengths. I had them make me a couple in custom lengths, to work with most any LS engine…even aftermarket heads. Yes it’s a ton of work at this point, but I wouldn’t risk it with all the lifters being dry AND compressed here. Not sure I agree with your method and math here anyway. It MIGHT work?

Supposedly the new version sold through summit is supposed to accommodate for the aftermarket heads on an LS.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...l#post20546020

I just haven't order it yet and don't have any aftermarket heads to test it on at the moment. SUM- PLCLSRR https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-plclsrr

Nov 7, 2024 | 10:10 PM

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Che70velle

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I modded my MS checker to work. I flattened the bottom of the external flange with a grinder and a file. I got the clearance I needed, even with TFS heads. The tool is ****!!

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