If the coffee can had oil to the tops of the lifters to keep them full and the lid was on to keep them clean, it should be fine to install them. Mike B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 11:00 AM Subject: Lifter question
>I have a set of almost-new lifters that came out of a running 2.1. I am > about to put them into the engine I'm building up. They only have about > 300 > miles on them, and they've lived in a coffee can since removed. I can > stand > them on end and try to push a pushrod down into them, but the valves don't > move. There's no squishiness. I'm just checking here, but there's nothing > else to do but put them in, right? > Thanks, > > Jim |
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