I'm swapping cams on my ws6 right now, I have it torn down I'm getting ready to pull the old cam, I've heard several methods to keep the lifters up, but my question is if I get brave and just spin it a few times and hope friction holds them up what are the consequences if one of the lifters falls back down?

 

i think it falls in to the oil pan...............

 

You are a brave man!

 

Pull the head off of whatever side it came out of, and you'll have to drop the K member and pull the oil pan to get the lifter. Basically pull the motor at that point. Not worth the trouble when you can spend 5 bucks on some 5/16 dowls and be safe.

 

put the pen magnets in to hold the lifters really didn't feel the extra few minutes was worth the potential trouble, thanks guys