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I have a little valve clicking in my 1960 235 that I cant get rid of, and thought I might have a bad lifter. So I headed down to the local NAPA to order in a set. Turns out they have lifters for everything under the sun except the 235. When they did come up with a set they were in Virgina and cost a whopping $25 a piece plus freight! (part #'s 5230650 and/or 5230920). Can anyone suggest a replacement lifter or vendor that's a little more reasonable?

Thanks much,

-Chris

235 hydraulic lifters are an oddball diameter and height. You're not likely to find an inexpensive source, and if you do, the worn-out camshaft that's causing the problem will still be there. Try adjusting the lifters according to the service manual instructions, and if that doesn't help, bite the bullet and replace the cam and lifters as a set. Putting new lifters on an old, tired cam is like throwing money down the toilet.

Before going to that extreme, remove the rocker arm assembly and inspect the underside of the rockers where they contact the valve stems. Quite often, there will be a step worn in the rocker face that makes noise even when the lifter is working right. Rocker tips can be refaced by a machine shop with the proper accessory tooling for a valve grinding machine.
Jerry

If you're determined to replace just the lifters, here's a better price:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hydr...arts_Accessories&hash=item2c5f535920

Jerry

Hi Jerry,
I'm not determined to throw money down the toilet, just thought I might have a bad lifter. I've adjusted the lifters but, having been the first time I'd done so, I pulled one first to see if they were solid or Hydraulic. Because I'm curious, and a little soft headed, I dicked around with the retaining clip on the one I pulled and the thing came apart. I put it back together but thought maybe I had broken the thing. I cant tell for sure if that's the one clacking or not but its a good chance it is (one of the front two). When I initially looked up lifters online they ran about $5 each (the NAPA website search). At that price I thought I might just change them all out. I thought maybe changing them all at the same time would be preferable to just changing one. Thank you for the advice on the rockers. I'll take a good look at them for wear. Maybe one new lifter just to see if I messed one up. Short of that I suppose I'll look for a replacement cam and lifter set.

-Chris

Old camshaft with new lifters is not a good practice. The camshaft and lifters should be replaced as a set. IN the long run you will be ahead to do just that

I have a 1953 Powerglide 235 engine in my '51 Suburban. I know the last time I tried to find a cam for this engine I had no luck. This was about 25 years ago. It seemed to be an odd duck.

When I rebuilt the engine, I reused the old cam. It has been running fine all these years, but some of my lifters are making noise, and I'm thinking about replacing the cam and lifters. I have a new set of lifters that have been sitting on the shelf these past 25 years.

Anyway, was curious to know where I could get a cam for this engine? Anyone making them?

Kurt

I've seen new hydraulic-lifter cams listed on Ebay, don't know who is making them. If you can find a cam & lifter kit sold together, you'll probably get a better price break than buying them separately.
Jerry

Kurt, I would suggest getting your cam reground.
Your 53 cam is a small journal cam, same cam as the 216, but it has flat spots on it to clear the longer stroke of the 235 rods. It is the same cam blank used from 1941-early 54 235.
You can get any of the 1941-early 54 235 cams reground as a hydraulic cam.

Chris, Under what conditions do you hear the noise?

Kurt, I just rebuilt my 55-235 power glide engine thats in my 52 here is the cam # CCS-5 made by Melling engine parts.Made in good old USA.You can look them up on the web,my guy that does my machine work on my engines got it and the liftters for me when I rebuilt it.Good luck.

I also got a set of lifters hyd at the same time.



Pete

Check with Patrick's, they have just about any engine part you would need.

Pre '68 Dave,

Thanks for the good info. Do you know of a shop that could regrind a 216 cam so as to use it in an early 235 Powerglide? I would like to use a shop that is familiar with this conversion.

I'd like to locate an old cam and have it reworked for my '53 Powerglide engine.

I checked the Melling website as suggested by Pete52, however they only have a cam for the non-Powerglide '53 235.

Thanks,

Kurt

Hi Dave,
I started to hear a little clatter earlier this summer. Its present under all conditions. I just finally got around to adjusting the valves and couldn't seem to get rid off all the residual chatter.
A buddy of mine came over last night and thought maybe I had a little too much slack on the lifters. I turned the motor over and didn't see any obvious lack of movement in any of the lifters...so maybe I just need to get them adjusted correctly. The battery is dead at the moment, so it will need to wait until tomorrow.

Any good cam shop should have cam cores and the ability to grind what you need.
I use Delta Cam in Tacoma Wa.
Phone:(800) 562-5500
2366 Tacoma AVE S.
Tacoma, WA 98402