if you are looking at the top end ( the end away from the camshaft ) of a vanagon hydraulic lifter...... I believe you will see the edge of a small wire clip or bail that holds the top port of the lifter in the lifter body. And I don't think a solid lifter has anything like that. being mainly a single lump of metal with hardened surfaces and ends. Since making sure the pushrods are properly seated in the middle of the lifter when you are putting pushrods back in ( like after a head gasket job ) ........this is a very important step ........is to look down the push rod tube with a tiny flashlight to eyeball if the push rod is centered right in the middle of the lifter. You might even be able to see that it's a hydraulic lifter with the pushrod in place. But I wouldn't remove a lifter ...........sometimes they won't come out all the way ........ and the push rod tubes interfere anyway I think. Scott www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike S" <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 4:42 PM Subject: Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
> At 07:10 PM 3/23/2009, David Beierl wrote... >>If you take off the rocker and remove the pushrod, you can fish out >>the lifter with a magnetic pickup tool. > > Can this be done without removing the push rod tubes? Even then, is > there any chance of getting them back in without removing the tubes? |
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