At 07:34 AM 10/26/2012, Jim Felder wrote: >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 Lifters don't have rubber seals. The piston is fitted to the bore with a ridiculously small but carefully controlled clearance. I wouldn't be at all surprised if pistons were *not* interchangeable from one lifter to another. They're well worth $20 each. Don't change them unless you have to though, because a new cam and a new lifter like to be run in together, so they work harden each other equally. Putting a new lifter on an old camshaft is less than optimal. If they're sticky I suggest using the Bentley method for priming, using a push rod end or similar and a soft-faced vise, to force MMO and/or other solvent through the gap. Yours, David |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.