I have my lifters out 'cause I got a bunch of crud in them disassembling the top end. I took one of them apart and put it back together. This one now plunges up and down easily while the others (I'm assuming all or most of them) do not move at all.
I'm going to let the 1 lifter that I disassembled soak in oil and check back in it tonight for movement. Should I assume that all of these lifter should be moving up&down freely and go ahead doing the same to all of them?? I don't know much about these things but from the videos I searched, the pushrod contact area should move but I'm getting zero on the units that I checked but don't know if they pressurize to a great extent of which the engine can move it although I'm unable to, or if I should tAke them all apart so that I know all of them will move or plunge like required.

I should add that I never heard valve-train noise in this engine, ie ticking/tapping noise like a stuck lifter so I have to assume that these lifters do move. I'm just curious to know if when primed, the pressure is too great for a wee mortal to compress, while the compression between the upper rotating assembly and the lower (camshaft) will compress the lifter per normal action. Im a paranoid dude so I have it in my head that all of these need to come apart so I know they will function at full capability when the engine runs again.

 

anybody with familiarity on these lifters? my thought is that with the cyl-heads being freshly resurfaced those lifters should definitely have that movement they are designed for to compensate for material lost, new gasket and all other variables. at the moment, none of the lifters with the exception of the 1 that I toyed with have any movement/plunging action at the push-rod contact area.

 

Sent you a message man

 

Care to share with the group for future people using the search function?

 

Sure sorry. Me and him have been going back n forth trying to help with the issues he was having. It's seems that certain lifter has lost its prime. Per the manual, you submerged the lifters in clean oil (in on board with 15w-40) and use the pushrod to compress the lifter and let it retract on its on and continue it until it is stiff. That is how it's primed. Now if you remove them are aren't replacing them, make sure you mark which one goes where and the same with the pushrods. Before placing the lifter back into its correct hole, pour clean motor oil in that opening and then pour clean motor oil again over them once they have been refitted.

 

Cool. Thanks!

 

No problem man. If you ever got a question, shoot me a pm or if you start a thread and can't get a response shoot me a pm. I'm like everybody else. I enjoy these toys and love getting the help from other member and providing what help I can too.