Jim, Rebuilding a lifter requires machine work to restore the profile on the surface of the lifter that contacts the cam. The rest of the job is just cleaning and making sure the tolerances are correct. Cheers, Jeff
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jim Felder Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 9:24 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: 2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available? 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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