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Originally Posted by vaughn bros
I had to stop and slowly re read what you said. I understand about the cam and lifter wearing as one. I will attempt the cleaning and restoring my original lifter but if it's toast, then I guess I would have to replace it and hope for the best?  |
Likely cleaning it will be all it needs. In an extreme case where the plunger is toast, I recommend replacing the
plunger and reusing the original lifter body. The link I meant to give you is
here. It has more detail.
If the foot of the lifter is too worn, replacing the lifter w/a new one will likely result in a ruined cam and ground up metal all through the engine which can take out the bearings, or worse. In that case, replacement of the cam and all the lifters is called for.