Ah, wait and see seems like good advice. Good advice all around. Thanks! On Jul 7, 2011 4:14 PM, "Mark Dearing" <VWBrain@aol.com> wrote: > > I am with Scott on this. I have seen old aircooled cases where the lifters > just wouldn't slide in and out of without honing. had one today do it. pays > to check each hole seperately later mark d > > > In a message dated 7/7/2011 4:35:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM writes: > > it depends on how the new lifters fit. > I have had to work on one lifter bore for an hour ( on a vw diesel) to get > a new lifter to fit. > > so 'it depends' . > with luck..the new lifters will slide in without a sloppy fit , > and not be terribly tricky to get started in the bore either. |
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