<VV> Removing lifters from block

[Mark Durham]

You should not use a magnet of any power on steel parts if you are going to
use them again. Especially ones that are critical like the lifters. They
will attract metal afterwards if you don't demagnetize them and who wants
extra metal on your cam lobes!

For removing lifters, I have a old tool made from some spring steel wire
that has a bent tip. I insert it into the hole or stick it in the circlip
goove and pull. They usually come out.

Mark Durham

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Clark Hartzel <chartzel at comcast.net> wrote:

> I have had the same problem removing lifters from the bore.  It is just
> varnish or some crud buildup that forms in the bore.  Squirt some brake
> fluid in the hole first.  It will dissolve crud (and paint) in short order.
> Then use the biggest magnet you can get in the hole and keep working it
> back
> and forth until you scrape the gum off.  The lifter went in that way so it
> will eventually come out.
> Clark Hartzel
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