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Lifters?

johnnyRacer

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After soaking my lifters in Gumout carb/tb cleaner over night only one collapsed. I'm just trying to get it back to DD status for now. Any ideas?
 

Brunoboy

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buy the Topline Revised lifters for 109$ . =P
 

Barnes

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Did you use a small paper clip to depress the one-way valve inside the lifter?
 

johnnyRacer

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Yes. I let them soak overnight last night. I'll check them again shortly.
 

Rausch

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Make sure you are trying to depress them with the valve open... I know when I did mine it took some work to get them all to cooperate, some of the valves were very sticky, but eventually they all came loose.

I wound up working them in kerosene for a bit to get them freed up. Depress the valve and pump the thing a bunch while soaking.....Worked like a charm that way.
 

johnnyRacer

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Yeah, I'm begining to think the carb cleaner really isn't working well on these lifters. I was thinking of using either brake cleaner or kerosene. But I can get diesel the easiest.
 
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