[SEL] Spam> OT - Ford Engine Lifter

Arnie Fero fero_ah at city-net.com
Fri Mar 16 11:38:16 PDT 2012


JB, you are amazing....

On Fri, March 16, 2012 1:31 pm, jbcast at charter.net wrote:
> I've changed lifters on Chevy's without pulling the manifold, biggest
> problem is getting the lifter out of the hole, you have to use a small
> magnet and keep working it up and down with carb cleaner sprayed around
> it. Once removed it can be fished out of the distributor hole. Run a
> piece of tie wire down the pushrod hole and out of the distributor hole,
> tie the lifter to it by making several wraps around it and bend the wire
> to have it coming up like the pushrod. Feed it back in to the hole and
> work it in to place. A little side marker bulb soldered to wires and run
> under the manifold provides light to get a glimpse of whats going on.
> Before doing this be sure you have good oil pressure, install a manual
> gauge if necessary. It's common on Fords for the oil pump screen to
> become clogged, starving the engine for oil. Stooping lets the trash
> settle and gain pressure for a few minutes.
> J.B. Castagnos





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