I guess I should avoid using my phone to do this.. Gross misspelling haha I'm wondering because since I have mine out I was thinking maybe they can be taken apart and cleaned at home, a few of mine were pretty stiff when I tore down my engine. So I'm figuring packed with sludge. I am willing to sacrifice one of mine to see but why if someone else has already. Johnny
Would love to see what they do to rebuild them Saw this, they look simular to our lifters [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySf0r8GGMOY[/ame]
That makes sense now that I seen him whacking them on the wood. I saw one that the guy used Needle nose and I didnt want to do that because of tool marks on the lifter. should have known it would be something easy. thanks bro! I'm going to get to it now that I dug my way through the foot and a half of snow we got this weekend.
At $65 a piece from GT car parts, No response from Dave Helms and I'm not sending them to Ferrari. I can do this myself no problem.
I have a box of them sitting here needs attention. Sunny 75 degree's today, I'll buy the beer. My Neighbor can help. Image Unavailable, Please Login
$65 * 40 = $2,600. Uhhhhhm, yea. I had to do the math twice. Well, let us know how you get on. If they are the same as the ones in the video. If they are, I might do mine during the engine out next week.
Somebody on here indicated there is a readily available exact replacement from a much more common car (read: much cheaper) but did not disclose which...
Close enough, I just cracked one open, here it is Looks pretty simple, took all of 5 seconds on that piece of hardwood.. I said Hardwoood . Image Unavailable, Please Login
On behalf of the handful of people wondering what these lifters are, and what they do, can someone drop a sentence or two on what we are talking about here, and how you knew you had a problem with these curious components? Sure I will look it up now anyway and educate myself, but I am sure a few of us have no clue what part of the car they are from.
Ahhhh. Those little suckers are from deep in the motor, and are connected to the valves, lift them...and there are 40 of them. Ok.
Put down the Viagra and step back, call a Dr if your at 4 hours LOL Would you believe shes a research scientist that works on cars
Kohler Engines: How Hydraulic Valve Lifters Work: Kohler Difference This is the best way to explain what these are, on behalf of the people who read all F-chat threads and want to learn about valve-lifters, but have zero clue what the hell they are. (like me) Its interesting how they maintain zero-clearance since the are self adjusting. Very cool.
Bradan say they send them out for rebuild. I will drop them a mail and inquire about their source... Ken
ask them what do they do when they rebuild them.....is it just cleaning to remove the varnish?......or are components (springs, ect) replaced.