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#51798 10/31/2005 6:53 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 58 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 58 | My 55 cabover has a 261 engine in it and I was wondering if the lifters would be hydraulic or mechanical ?
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#51799 10/31/2005 9:12 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | The USA 261 truck engine came with mechanical/solid lifters (1954-1962). The Canadian 261 Pontiac engine came with hydraulic lifters (1955-1962). | | |
#51800 10/31/2005 10:20 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 58 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 58 | Thanks a bunch. Need to run the valves, now i know what to set them at.
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#51801 11/01/2005 11:10 PM | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 582 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 582 | Be careful. I was reading a manual the other day and there appears to be two types of solids. If yours are original to the engine, you're okay. If you are replacing them, you need to be sure to get the right ones. | | |
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