{FORGED?} Re: It's alive and ticking!

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On July 14, 2005 Mark Price wrote:

> You know, If you think about it. What would prevent someone from simply drilling a large hole in the side of the block and tapping it for a Pipe threaded plug or two?
> Then you could fish the lifters out through the holes and not have to pull the head!
> Pipe threaded plugs wouldn't weaken the block or look like crap!
> Mark Price
> mpriceATwestco.net
> Morgantown, WV
> 69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed
> 65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
> 01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4
> 
> 
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date:  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:33:52 -0700
> 
> >A: Or you could change the lifter like I did (only suggested for a near the
> >end of it's life/not gonna get rebuilt/non-showcars). I used a ball peen
> >hammer to knock a hole in the center of the block just above the lifters,
> >changed the lifter, then siliconed the side of the moter closed. I think it
> >was one of the Ontario rust belt demolition deby cars I had.
> >
> >
> >From: farna@xxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: It's alive and ticking!
> >To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Message-ID: <ADVANCES62bdkSmLAzt0000054b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Just went over this on a hot rod board! Replace a quart of oil with your
> >choice of ATF, diesel fuel, "Sea Foam", or "Marvel Mystery Oil". "Sea Foam"
> >is probably the best, with diesel, ATF, and MM in that order. You need to
> >run the engine up to full operating temp and keep it there for a while. It
> >won't hurt to tool around town with the thinned oil -- will just burn a bit
> >and may smoke a little. I don't have to tell you just don't drive it hard!
> >Oil pressure will drop about 10 psi, but that shouldn't hurt a thing in the
> >six.
> >
> >I suppose you're aware that you may have a collapsed lifter that won't come
> >back though. That's a common problem in AMC sixes that have sat a while
> >(well, any hydraulic lifter engine that's sat a long time!). Wouldn't be so
> >
> >bad if the head didn't have to come off the change the lifters!
> >
> >
> >
> >

With all this drilling and taping that is if you had the room with the engine in the car I would think it would be easier and faster to just pull the head and feshen it up while it is out?
"Doc"





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