Quote: .....What brand of lifters are those??? Good luck on the repairs.
they are comp 8921's, (i broke the ladder bar off so i could investigate, can't get the plunger out when they are together). it doesn't appear to be any fault of their own, i am hypothesizing that the little piece of chewed up rtv i found in the feed hole starved it out, and that somehow caused the little valving plate to break due to lack of oil, or pump up...
the fun part, will be trying to fish the new set in through the head without taking the intake off, like i got them out!
but hey, i have no rear main leak now! lol.............
If you can get the lifters into the valley through the head, then you can use a magnetic pickup and a 1/4" piece of wood doweling. Use the wood stick like chop sticks to move the lifter into position, then hold it in the bore and pull of the magnetic pickup tool. I have pulled many flat tappets out for inspection and replaced them. I'm not sure what type of chellenges the rollers may add though.
Good luck.
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