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Date:   Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:24:28 -0500
Reply-To:   Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:   Re: 2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available?
Comments:   To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:   <081901cdb395$0377bc10$0a673430$@gmail.com>
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No pitting anywhere. No problems at all, really, except after the car sitting a long time and then it pumped up no problem. I will pull them out and test them per bentley. My daughter was driving the car when the temp 2 sensor retainer gave way, letting out a lot of coolant in a hurry. Needless to say, it overheated and needed head gaskets and thermostat housing. I was just going to do the lifters while I was "in there." No oil pressure problems on this car either.

Jim

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:

> If there is no pitting on the bottom, they can be reused in the same > position on the same cam. There isn't any place else that wears. You can > replace a badly pitted one with a new one on the old cam, but it could > accelerate the wear on that lobe. Use break-in cam grease on it. David > mentions Marvel Mystery Oil, and you can take each one apart and soak it in > this for a couple of hours, or overnight. It's a powerful solvent type > oil. > > If you had noisy lifters that took a long time to pump up, it was likely > due > to low oil pressure, not the lifter, and that will be fixed with new > bearings, which I assume you are replacing. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Jim Felder > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 4:34 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: 2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available? > > I see hydraulic lifters for the 2.1 priced about $20 each. That's a lot of > money when you consider that all a lifter is likely to need is a rubber > seal costing a few cents. Has anyone successfully rebuilt lifters, and are > the rebuild kits still available? > > Jim > >


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