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#65894 09/17/2006 10:03 AM | Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 37 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 37 | Back in the late '60s, I had a very tired '54 half ton.I was going to college and on a very tight budget. I bought a rusted out '58 4 door from my aunt for $10.00. It only had 10,000 miles but all very short runs. I swapped out the engine and it ran like a top- for about 10 miles. At that point, the lifters started clacking so loud that I thought the engine was going to jump out of the truck. An old friend told me of a trick that he used. He said to pull the lifters apart and turn the plunger upside down and adjust as solids (.006-.013). It worked great.It had the slight click of a solid but never got any worse. Just thought I would share this bit of info. Don
"Sometimes my luck is so bad that if I bought a pumkin farm, halloween would probobly be outlawed."
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#65895 09/18/2006 2:22 AM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 81 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 81 | Packrat another thing that works is to swap out the hydraulics with solid lifters. They make a little more noise but nothing like stopped up or leaking down hydraulics! They lasted me another 100K miles. How far did yours last?Thanks for the tip.
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#65896 09/19/2006 2:22 AM | Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 37 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 37 | Edabbs- By turning the plunger upside down inside of the lifter, I made a solid lifter. I was on a tight budget and couldn't aford a set of solids. I drove the truck for about ten years and then gave it to one of my students and he drove it for another 6 or 7 years until the body fell apart. A set of new solids would have been easier but I had no choice. don
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#65897 09/19/2006 2:29 AM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | Isn't the lobe profile for a hydraulic cam different than that of a solid cam.
I didn't know you could do this switch and swap deal...when you're a starving student [or teacher] you have to get creative.
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#65898 09/21/2006 12:16 AM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | The cam lobe profile is differant.
You can use solids on a hydraulic cam but not vice versa.
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