On July 12, 2005 Frank Swygert wrote: > 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. > > > > > ============================================================= > Posted by wixList Archiver -- http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist My father a mechanic from the 30's had a lifter puller similar to what you described Frank. It also had a small slide hammer on it to pull the lifter if it was burred from the camshaft. It went when he sold most of his tools in the 80's. "Doc" ============================================================= Posted by wixList Archiver -- http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist