Re: motor gurus, I need help
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02/18/17 11:10 PM
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agreed, a lifters innards may have become stuck. You might press straight down on each rocker (lifter side) with a wooden hammer handle & the problem child will change tone when you are on it. (eng idling). EDIT If you pin it down to (1) then you could pull it with the long claw tool & clean it.
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Re: motor gurus, I need help
[Re: wedgeheaded]
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02/19/17 02:09 PM
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Let us know what you found....
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Re: motor gurus, I need help
[Re: wedgeheaded]
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02/19/17 08:08 PM
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Sometimes an exhaust leak can sound mechanical. What ever you find, let us know and good luck to you.
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Re: motor gurus, I need help
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02/19/17 10:35 PM
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I have high hopes that it's just the lifter. The fact that the others will not compress when I press on the push rods, but this one feels springy, is my hope. The fact that it's making so much noise and is consistent says that something is moving a lot and moving consistent, hopefully because a cam lobe is moving stuff. I'll know when I know. Can I pick up a new lifter from advance or will I need to go back to Hughes wheer I bought the cam, springs, and lifters?
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Re: motor gurus, I need help
[Re: wedgeheaded]
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02/19/17 11:38 PM
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RapidRobert
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wouldn't hurt to talk to Dave & pick his brain, he's an easy guy to talk to. Offhand I'd say any lifter would work fine & you do need to go thru the cam breakin procedure again just like if it was a completely new cam/lifter breakin. EDIT I would open up the bad lifter & see if anything you see is wrong especially since you will be swapping it without removing the intake & an easy solution would be nice. what would be real good is if you had an identical new or used lifter (some are different inside) & could compare its innards to the bad one & depending on what I found I might even swap some of those pieces cuz a cam breakin is a bit of a pain & it is the outer lifter bottom to lobe contact that is critical but you might just want to be done with it. Actually I think it has a bit of dirt in there & cleaning will fix it. Holler how it turns out.
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Re: motor gurus, I need help
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02/23/17 10:11 PM
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Just for chitz & giggles check the converter bolts.I had one loosen up,,,,,,,,,,,,,I thought it was a rod bearing.
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Re: motor gurus, I need help
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02/24/17 01:06 AM
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Go drive the car for more than enough time to get the oil temps up above 150 F to see that hot oil will fix that lifter. Motors absorb water by condensation into their inside when sitting in cold weather, no matter where you live I saw that happen in the Mojave desert in late March and April when it was no lower than 60F outside air temps at night Water and other things will stick in the little valve inside the lifter causing what your experiencing, trust me on that Run it down the road at a steady cruising speed of above 2100 RPM for enough time to get the oil hot and that should help it get better I quit buying The Mopar brand Purple Shaft cam kits due to their low quality lifters sticking and ticking like your is doing now We lived in the Mojave desert where it would be 105 F in the day and drop down to the upper 60s F at night, we lived in one of the better spots in SO CA in the Mojave desert, north 30 miles it got up to 117 F during the days and 85 F at night, the further east, north and south you went in that desert the hotter it got Good luck
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Re: motor gurus, I need help
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02/24/17 02:29 AM
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Lifters rarely(as in very rarely) go bad(fail) from sitting.
I would have run it for quite a while before changing any parts.
If the lifter simply refused to pump up, it's almost certain there is a tiny piece of debris in the lifter.
Take it out, take it apart, spread all the pieces out on a clean white paper towel....you'll probably be able to find the reason it won't pump up. Remove debris, reassemble, submerge in a cup of oil, pump plunger up and down a few times.......it should pump right up.
Obviously, while it's out...... Inspect the face for abnormal wear.
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