Lifters are in sight ... just got to recover them now
08-20-2005, 01:10 PM
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Lifters are in sight ... just got to recover them now Well I was in the process of lowering my oil pan to drop it today when I stuck my head up in the radiator area and saw my lifters sitting on the plate that sits right below the crank. Unfortunately, they're a ways back in there and i cannot pull them straight out the front. My question is, how much play is in that plate if I were to loosen the front too nuts and let it lower down? If i could loosen the nuts and pull the plate down I'd be able to get the lifters out.
Any help will be most appreciated
Any help will be most appreciated
08-20-2005, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by mr2guru
pen magnet.....a really strong one. Or mechanical fingers maybe.
That happed to me three years ago on my fist LS1, I was able to get all the lifters out with a pen magnet and a flash light, BTW a pen maget is your best friend when working on cars, I dont know how manny times a pen magnet has saved me from having to get off the car and crawl under the car to get somthing or get somthing out of a tight jam. Good luck. 
08-20-2005, 11:01 PM
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I had pen magnets holding up the lifters when I did the cam swap. But from the time when I pulled the stock cam out (came out very smoothly) to the few minutes later when I tried to slide the new cam in. One of the lifters fell down part way, so when I tried to use the pen magnet to pull it back up, the magnet dropped the lifter.
Anyways I wound up lowering the plate and pulling the lifters out that way. W/ the plate bolted up all the way, there was no way to get the lifters out. I was using a pen magnet but had no way of maneuvering it past the different parts of the crank to get it to the front.
But they're all out now, so I get to start peicing my engine back together tom
Anyways I wound up lowering the plate and pulling the lifters out that way. W/ the plate bolted up all the way, there was no way to get the lifters out. I was using a pen magnet but had no way of maneuvering it past the different parts of the crank to get it to the front.
But they're all out now, so I get to start peicing my engine back together tom
08-21-2005, 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by FstBlkz28
I had pen magnets holding up the lifters when I did the cam swap. But from the time when I pulled the stock cam out (came out very smoothly) to the few minutes later when I tried to slide the new cam in. One of the lifters fell down part way, so when I tried to use the pen magnet to pull it back up, the magnet dropped the lifter.
Anyways I wound up lowering the plate and pulling the lifters out that way. W/ the plate bolted up all the way, there was no way to get the lifters out. I was using a pen magnet but had no way of maneuvering it past the different parts of the crank to get it to the front.
But they're all out now, so I get to start peicing my engine back together tom
Anyways I wound up lowering the plate and pulling the lifters out that way. W/ the plate bolted up all the way, there was no way to get the lifters out. I was using a pen magnet but had no way of maneuvering it past the different parts of the crank to get it to the front.
But they're all out now, so I get to start peicing my engine back together tom
Took a lot of luck and a pen magnent tied to a string to fish that bitch out of there, we dropped the socket in the bell housing as well.
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08-21-2005, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Full-Force
Should have been thinking about that pen magnet before they fell. 
Next time just buy you a 4 foot 5/16 dowel rod and cut it in half and slide each piece in the holes.
Next time just buy you a 4 foot 5/16 dowel rod and cut it in half and slide each piece in the holes.
What holes?
