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| | | | Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 152 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 152 | pulled a lifter off my 235 and measured it.....and......its 1" dia.!
has anyone seen lifters this size in a 235 before - or anywhere come to that!
any suggestions where i could buy a set of 1" solid lifters ?
or is my only option to get some custom made?
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | What diameter is the hole for the lifter?
What diameter do you think was used originally?
~ .990"?
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 200 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 200 | Stock lifter size for the Stovebolts is .990". Sourcing new ones for the last few years has been difficult according to Patrick's. Not many modern engines use a lifter that large, so there isn't much crossover interchange unfortunately.
We cannot solve our problems today using the same thinking we used when we created them!
Albert Einstein
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | It is very common to reface lifters.
Solid lifters come up on eBay regularly.
See the USA in your vintage Chevrolet! My Blog | | | | | Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 152 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 152 | oh i thought they used 0.845" lifters.....
...i must have got that from somewhere.....
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 200 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 200 | The Chevy 6 cylinders didn't use that size until the later 194-292 series of engines.
We cannot solve our problems today using the same thinking we used when we created them!
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