<VV> Lifters

[Rick Norris]

In this case I always coat the valve train parts with break in lube. It 
saves things until the natural oil gets to them.
Rick Norris

>
> In a message dated 7/10/2008 4:04:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> bryan at skiblack.com writes:
>
> On some  I can come down to zero lash
> and then rock the lifter and feel the  piston in the lifter go up and
> down, but on some I can't.   Question is, are those lifters at the top
> or bottom of the  range?  Any thoughts on how to proceed?
>
>
> Hi Bryan,
> Matt covered it pretty well, but I'd like to add my comments.
>
> Any lifter that is not pumped up (i.e., full of oil) will not be solid. So
> it is natural to find partially pumped up lifters doing what you 
> described. The
> plungers are at the top of their travel and not at the bottom. The 
> internal
> spring assures this.
>
> You have two choices. Either remove the lifters and pump them up by using 
> a
> trigger-type of oil can to pump oil into the side hole. Or you can just 
> use
> then  as they are where they are and set the adjustment to 1/2 turn in 
> from zero
> lash.  Then they will fill in about 10 minutes of normal running.
>
> The question on which to do comes about because any lifter that is not 
> fully
> pumped up will not be able to force any oil up the pushrod and thus not
> supply any oil to the rocker box. This means partial or marginal oiling 
> there
> until the lifter does get pumped up. Not the best of conditions in my 
> opinion.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Helt
>
>
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