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Title: Noisy lifter
Post by: blackthunder1970 on February 17, 2020, 03:34:32 PM

Hi guys
A couple of questions
First one is can I just change the lifters and still use the original factory cam
Second one is how hard is it to change the lifters with the intake still one and is it doable
Thanks
Barry

Title: Re: Noisy lifter
Post by: Barry_R on February 17, 2020, 04:00:14 PM

Depends on the intake - often very do-able.
Distributor hole is a good access point for some, and a great place to put a flashlight in when working on other locations.

Title: Re: Noisy lifter
Post by: blackthunder1970 on February 17, 2020, 04:09:56 PM

Hi Barry
So is ok to use new lifters on a old cam shaft

Title: Re: Noisy lifter
Post by: preaction on February 17, 2020, 04:50:36 PM

I have had good luck just changing oil brands to help with a ticking lifter.

Title: Re: Noisy lifter
Post by: blackthunder1970 on February 17, 2020, 05:27:50 PM

Try that chhanging oil

Title: Re: Noisy lifter
Post by: preaction on February 17, 2020, 07:17:39 PM

Different brands of oil have different packages of additives and some are better than others I went from Valvoliene to Pennszoil and my ticking went away.

Title: Re: Noisy lifter
Post by: My427stang on February 17, 2020, 10:06:31 PM

If it doesn't quiet down with an oil change, yes, you can swap lifters.  However, be sure it's not a bent pushrod or somehow damaged lifter.  The noise has to be coming from the plunger bleeding down, not from physical damage.  If a bottom of the lifter is wiped, it will make short order of a new on

I prefer to do it intake off so I can lube them up good, but you can probably snake them in with patience

Title: Re: Noisy lifter
Post by: shady on February 18, 2020, 10:17:27 AM

Man, I hate to sound like a broken record, but make sure it isn't the fuel pump. I watched a guy change a cam and lifters for a ticking fuel pump.

Title: Re: Noisy lifter
Post by: StarlinerRon on February 23, 2020, 12:23:31 AM

I'd try a can of RISLONE first. It is possible to change one lifter w/o removing the intake, just a pain though.

Ron

Title: Re: Noisy lifter
Post by: Ranch on February 23, 2020, 07:48:15 AM

I'm with Ron, I'd try flushing the system.  Years ago my brother came home with a 67 Chebby with a a ticking, changed the oil ran it for a few days, didn't go away. So we ran some crankcase flush thru it, took about 15 minutes and the ticking was gone.  Of course oil back then was like .50 cents a Qt, so the job cost like 5 bucks....JMO