Date:         Sun, 25 Feb 2001 10:29:59 -0800
Reply-To:     Radish150 <Radish150@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Radish150 <Radish150@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: stuck lifters
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> Subject: Re: lifters that go flat
>
> How the heck do you get the lifters out?  I've turned my engine, sans heads,
> on its sides, and only two have dropped out.  Also, how do you tell which
> one(s) are making the noise?
>
> Karl Wolz

Karl, if they are anything like any other hyd lifter I've seen, you can "grab" them somehow and pull them out. They do make a special tool for such
purposes, but I've never needed it. How far recessed are they? Sometimes if you just turn the engine crank a bit they will roll right out, or pop up
so you can grab them with a dry rag for grip. You can also hook a little retainer clip up there and pull LIGHTLY, all else fails, buy the tool.

The time to figure out which lifter is making noise is before you pull them out. You use a mechanics listening device, putting it on each lifter bore
until you hear it with enuf confidence to replace that one over all the others. You need to replace four now, me thinks.

mark...