Usually only one or two lifters go bad. Only replace those. You will need to destroy the push rod tube and replace with a collapsible tube. The Bus Depot has both the lifters and tubes for a good price.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of John Lunetta 1990 Vanagon GL
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 7:32 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: 2.1 lifter replacement

Does anyone know if you can replace the hydrolic lifters on a 1990 2.1 waterboxer without removing the cylinder heads? I will be using collapsable push rod tubes as replacments.