Originally Posted by hemienvy
If you rotate the fresh motor by hand, or whatever, to check lifter rotation,
didn't you just wipe off all the cam lube for when the motor fires ?

Not that I have seen so far shruggy You need to remember that the flat tappet lifters are design to spin on their edges of the cam lobes on the tapered lobe face to prevent them going flat from rubbing all the way across the lobes scope

Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)