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Date:         Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:58:34 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: 2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available?
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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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


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