<VV> collapsed lifter?

PatioMatt at aol.com PatioMatt at aol.com
Tue Mar 25 00:38:12 EDT 2008


Most likely YES....   remove and dismantle / clean and  re-assemble....
 
Set in a cup of ATF  and pump the piston....see if it gets  hard..
 
Matt  Nall
Sea Mountain
Charleston, Ore.
http://members.aol.com/patiomatt  

 
In a message dated 3/24/2008 8:26:17 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
Alohaz at ca.rr.com writes:

I  recently replaced my defective pressure plate, which solved my  clutch
problems (thanks to all for the good advice).  Since then my  Spyder has been
running beautifully, and my daughter is having the time of  her life showing
it off to her friends.  But when she drove  home  this evening, I noticed a a
rather loud and distinctive tapping that was  not there list night when I
pulled the oil cooler to fix a leak from the  seals.  My daughter said she
noticed that funny tapping sound when she  left for school this morning, so
the car had 10-12 miles of driving on it  when I noticed it.  



I traced the sound to the front of  left head, and pulled the valve cover.
Everything seemed tight enough, but  I adjusted the valves on #6 anyway.
Upon checking things one last time, I  happened to push down on the rocker
arm, and found I could easily   compress the lifter.  It still has _spring
tension on it, but that is  all.  Is this a collapsed lifter?  From reading
the VV archives,  I see that some say these lifters rarely collapse, so I
wanted to get some  advice before I replace the lifter(s).   



Thanks,

Steve Brennan

1962 Spyder  Coupe

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