2007-03-13 08:59:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Chevrolet
I know what you are going thru....I have a lifter remover ( technician for more years than I care to remember ) it has small " grabber " if you will..one on each side...you place it in the center of the lifter and tighten....the jaw moves out.....you can slide and work the lifter out....move it up and down...twist...until it come out...choke cleaner helps to remove the built up oil residue. If that is not viable...use a pointed pair of " vice grips" a little crude...but any port in a storm. Good luck.
2007-03-13 17:39:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use BLASTER spray around the lifters as you bump roll the engine over with the starter. The lifters will be exposed. Spray them while there in the up position. let them sit for a couple of hours. Try to twist the lifter first using a paper SCOTT towel. If they were clattering buy new lifters and coat the bottoms with cam beak in lube or cam grease. If you choose to repair the old lifters soak them in mineral spirits separating them in small metal cans so they are returned into the same lifter bores. Tip them upside down to drain mineral spirits. Put the lifter face down and squirt each lifter full with motor oil.
2007-03-13 20:04:54 · answer #2 · answered by Country Boy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can get stuck due to varnish, oil sludge etc. Soak them in a LITTLE carb cleaner and try again. Remember this though...if you plan on reusing them, keep them in order so they go back in the same whole they came from. You will really wear down your camshaft needlessly if you mix them up. If you are a new mechanic, you need a car repair guide to help you along on this job. If you can't buy it, try the library. not a job for an amatuer all alone.
2007-03-13 17:49:42 · answer #3 · answered by HEYYOU 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lift them out.
2007-03-13 16:09:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋