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nkaminar · 05-02-2022, 01:55 PM

It is possible to change out the lifters with the engine in the car. Remove the radiator and pan and the covers over the cam gear. Remove the valve springs, guides, and valves. Remove the cam gear. Pull up the lifters and hold them up with clothes pins. Pull out the cam. Remove the clothes pins and the lifters will drop out the bottom of the engine. Push the new lifters up into position with a little grease to hold them up and then use the clothes pins. Put the cam back in and re install all the other stuff including modern valves, new guides, keepers, and springs. Then adjust the valves.

Use the two wrench lifters that are far easier to adjust. Use the "rule of 9" to adjust the valves where the tappet clearance is measure at valve 1 while 8 is up and then adjusted while it is up, etc. It sounds like you have the mechanical ability to do this job.

05-02-2022, 01:55 PM	#10
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 5,855	Re: Valves It is possible to change out the lifters with the engine in the car. Remove the radiator and pan and the covers over the cam gear. Remove the valve springs, guides, and valves. Remove the cam gear. Pull up the lifters and hold them up with clothes pins. Pull out the cam. Remove the clothes pins and the lifters will drop out the bottom of the engine. Push the new lifters up into position with a little grease to hold them up and then use the clothes pins. Put the cam back in and re install all the other stuff including modern valves, new guides, keepers, and springs. Then adjust the valves. Use the two wrench lifters that are far easier to adjust. Use the "rule of 9" to adjust the valves where the tappet clearance is measure at valve 1 while 8 is up and then adjusted while it is up, etc. It sounds like you have the mechanical ability to do this job. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past. Last edited by nkaminar; 05-02-2022 at 02:01 PM.