[painted jester]

My statement was : "Ive torn down engines after setting for years in the woods that had lifter that still held their pressure!"



Many times have I looked for cars in scrap yards or farmers fields when one has an engine Im looking for I'll open the hoods, Ill check the oil pull the valve covers put a wrench on the damper and turn it over as I turn the crank to make 4 revolutions The rockers will move a little most have collapsed over time but a few lifters will still move the rocker arms to full open because when the car quit running they were full of oil at the heal of the lobe with the valve closed and with no pressure to force them to bleed off. the oil was trapped in the lifter for all that time! I see this every year when prepping cars for people after a winter storage some lifters in the engines are still pumped up after 3 or 4 months!

I can build an engine set lash at zero, prime, break it in, run it on a stand set it aside and wait for installation for a month or more! When installed Ill go to bring # 1 up to to top dead center and see lifters that didn't bleed down (because of their position on the cam lobe) open valves to their complete cycle!

When an engine is shut off there will always be a few lifters in positions that wont cause their bleed down! I thought my other statement read OK I guess I wasn't clear on my meaning! Sorry

Jester

[Wezz]

So what you say its. Difficult to adjust the valves to zero lash when you dont put the lifters ful with oil ??

[cobalt327]

Originally Posted by Wezz

So what you say its. Difficult to adjust the valves to zero lash when you dont put the lifters ful with oil ??

1. Do not pump them up.

2. Follow the manufacturer's instructions, and...

3. ...use the info in the links below as a guide to help you do the things that will let the cam live a long and healthy life.

• Cam break in
• Adjusting hydraulic lifters

[painted jester]

Full or empty its still 0 lash Its easier to set lifters for a beginner using the bounce method with the push rod and giving 1/4 turn initial set to the nut when you are at the point the push rod doesn't move up and down! that's all I meant Its not really hard either way for most but some just cant grasp it! ask any auto shop teacher LOL!

Are you using a translator when we send this in English! I never even thought of that if you do it must make it hard! Did the instructions for the cam come in English?

Jester

[Wezz]

Yes somethimes i use google translate But some words you guys speak google dnt know what it means haha

[painted jester]

Wow! Ive been on here for a while and never thought about posting in English and members in other country's needing to translate it till today! My mother spoke Waloon She was from Belgium! For 64 of my years when she lost her temper I couldn't understand a thing she said I would laugh and she would hit me with the broom LOL

Jester

[Wezz]

You guys dont speak english like i have learn it on scool And tech talk is also a different thing. So ist i kind of hard to read for me haha but its going better every day

[malc]

A friend of mine who had worked in Holland told me most of you
speak English very well.
The guys on here.......well....................





Just kiddin´

[Wezz]

Look im going to talk in dutch And i know for sure you dont know what i mean haha : nu dus .. Weet ik zeker dat je hier de vertaler voor gebruikt hebt als je deze zin kan lezen haha

[painted jester]

Yea when I worked over seas in Briton The words were pronounced almost the same but spelled different like tyre we spell it tire, and solicitor we say lawyer! I speak USA English other English speaking country's speak what they call proper English LOL It took a while for me to get used to it LOL

Jester

Good night

[Wezz]

Haha ok sleep well

[malc]

Originally Posted by painted jester

Yea when I worked over seas in Briton The words were pronounced almost the same but spelled different like tyre we spell it tire, and solicitor we say lawyer! I speak USA English other English speaking country's speak what they call proper English LOL It took a while for me to get used to it LOL

Jester

Good night

Briton....Britain.
Tire....Tyre granted but solicitor....lawyer don´t sound the same
and we have both.

I´m using the USA version of Google Chrome and when I´m on a Brit website posting the spellchecker goes nuts.

Aluminum....Aluminium.
Fanny is a good one, in the USA....your butt.
I worked for GM in the UK and an American boss told the secretaries to get off their fannies and get to work.
Fanny is not butt in the UK, it´s another part of the female anatomy, close by though.
It caused a mini riot.

[painted jester]

We have some members that tell people they cant spell !!!!! never thinking that the other English speaking country's are actually spelling it right!!! As it is with their country! I always get a chuckle about that! LOL

Jester

[Wezz]

Hi. Another problem. I just install the camshaft but now the retainerplate wont fit anymore What to do? I will sent a pic of what i mean

[painted jester]

What model vehicle, year, cu.inch.,roller or flat tappet cam?

Jester

Pull the cam look down the cam bore and see if when you pulled the cam some gunk or obstruction is stopping the cam from going back all the way? Or if when you installed you didn't hit a bearing with a lobe creating an obstruction making the cam fit tight? Does the cam spin easy?