<VV> Removing lifters from block (Humor?)

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Ok, Mark, pls tell me what to do, when "usually come out" doesn't?  LOL!

Chuck S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Durham" <62vair at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> Removing lifters from block


> 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