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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 07:53 PM
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Default CAM Install - Can't remove #2 Lifter

The other ones just popped out with a magnet tool but this one seems determined to stay in there.

How do I get this out? And is that a sign of anything or are they just hard to get out sometimes?
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 07:59 PM
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are your removing them or are you holding them up in the lifter cup with the magnets and the heads still on?
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JRP... I'm the retarded pen magnet guy who had to pull his heads to get the magnet out

The heads are off, the lifter retainers are off and I finally just a second ago got the lifter out. I just got my fingers around it and wiggled and pulled and it eventually came out... not nearly as easy as the other 7 however.

J.C. the last thing I need is something else to go wrong during this install

I did notice a small pit in my #2 piston the size that looks like dip about the width of a piece of pencil lead and punched it into the piston. It isn't really deep but I have no idea if that is good / bad or ugly.
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