Re: It's alive and ticking!

[farna@xxxxxxx]

That reminds me -- isn't there (or wasn't there) a tool that fits down into the oil hole of a lifter to catch it? Seems that I recall reading about one somewhere, but don't recall what in particular it was made for. 

On June 29, 2005 Tom Jennings wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >  Wouldn't be so bad if the head didn't have to come
> > off the change the lifters!
> 
> I successfully changed the lifters on my 232 years back without
> taking the head off. The engine only had some 20K miles on it, so
> there was no wear or crud in the top of the lifter bore to jam
> them. I'm not sure if that happens or not though.
> 
> The spring clip that holds the guts of the lifter into the body is
> just visible on two sides of the dimple that the pushrod sits in.
> 
> I made a hook out of steel wire that JUST BARELY picked the edge
> of the spring clip. I was able to pull them out of the bores with
> just that.
> 


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