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Priming a Hydraulic lifter...Help
#83010
07/02/08 09:49 AM
07/02/08 09:49 AM
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Posts: 5,888 Athens, Greece
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Been a while since I did it last....anyone have a clue on priming lifters. I am taking them out pair by pair on my 440. I have it on a drill press and cleaning them out individually but doing it my fathers way I load it up with oil and then need brute force to have the piston cap sink low enough to insert the lock ring....The way I remember doing it is putting in some oil, pressing it down, insert the lock ring and then pump the piston up and down until its rock solid...
How do you prime your lifters?
They are Isky Lifters it makes a difference..
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: Priming a Hydraulic lifter...Help
[Re: Pyper70]
#83012
07/02/08 01:41 PM
07/02/08 01:41 PM
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If your priming lifters for engine assy, so they won't be dry,.....I place them in a can , one at a time,....... with the same oil I'm gonna use in the engine,......use an old pushrod and "stroke" the lifter till it pumps up as full as possible,I leave them standing upright submerged in the oil until I'm ready to button up the motor, repump them one more time,then install,........if you have adjustable rocker arms w/hyd. lifters and your going to set the lash (cold) the lifters will need to be pumped up, in a fresh eng build, you'll need to preoil the engine, be sure to rotate the crank to supply oil to the proper passages
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Re: Priming a Hydraulic lifter...Help
[Re: DAYCLONA]
#83013
07/02/08 02:24 PM
07/02/08 02:24 PM
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I finished em on the drill press....still a ticking noise....time to dig deeper on the block....
Engine has about 6500 miles on it, been ticking the last 200 as it sounded like a gasket leak, Apparently....I was mistaken
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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