Well, it finally happened... a lifter fell during a cam swap.
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Why do you have to pull the head? Can't you just put them lifters back in through the top and be done with it?
Also why weren't you using those dowl rods to hold up the lifters, seems like very cheap insurance, can't even understand why people use those pen magnet things to hold them up when you can just use the rods
Also why weren't you using those dowl rods to hold up the lifters, seems like very cheap insurance, can't even understand why people use those pen magnet things to hold them up when you can just use the rods
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Originally Posted by d james
Why do you have to pull the head? Can't you just put them lifters back in through the top and be done with it?
Also why weren't you using those dowl rods to hold up the lifters, seems like very cheap insurance, can't even understand why people use those pen magnet things to hold them up when you can just use the rods
Also why weren't you using those dowl rods to hold up the lifters, seems like very cheap insurance, can't even understand why people use those pen magnet things to hold them up when you can just use the rods
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did you use magnets? ive seen a lot where those rods dont work put them in before you pull the cam and see if you can push the lifters back down on the cam, just curious, good job on getting the 4 out and good luck with the cam swap tonite? what time are you down to now on a cam/springs swap?
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Originally Posted by Kurtomac
did you use magnets? ive seen a lot where those rods dont work put them in before you pull the cam and see if you can push the lifters back down on the cam, just curious, good job on getting the 4 out and good luck with the cam swap tonite? what time are you down to now on a cam/springs swap?
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I'm doing a truck tonight, I hate those SOB's, everything is WAY up in there and a PITA to get to.
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I'm doing a truck tonight, I hate those SOB's, everything is WAY up in there and a PITA to get to. All the stuff on my car is held in by wire ties or velcro, so that makes it really quick to swap sticks in
and , thats funny ****.
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Originally Posted by Damian
Gomer i've got a bunch of spare (brand new in package) head bolts if you need them. Cover shipping and their yours.
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man i feel for ya. im just curious if you checked the lifters before you pulled the cam. when we changed my buddies cam we found that a couple lifters werent holding up. so we tested each port by sticking a pushrod and if it would fall with the weight of the pushrod we werent satisfied. we ended up useing rods and pen magnets, i gaurantee a lifter woulda fallen had we not used both. this was on a car that already had heads/cam. my stock car probably woulda held up fine with the russian roulette method but i cant see how you would want to temp that. oh well lession learned, good luck getting her back together.