'68 318 to carbed Magnum 5.2: Check my checklist
I threw in 7 of the new Sealed Power lifters and one of the old ones.
New at left on the exhaust valve; old on the intake:
The oil on the lifter at the left has been sitting there since I opened everything up to begin with. The oil at the right is from cranking. NO oil ever came through the rocker on the left during that time period.
I also tried it without the pushrods. The old one was shooting oil out quite feebly in comparison to the lifters on the passenger's side (and in comparison to the passenger's side lifters when they were on the driver's side.
I'm convinced the Sealed Power lifters are either bad, or that the roller-cam LA engines require the oil inlet hole facing forward.
The lifter bores have their oiling holes facing up from the bottom inside this block. Is it the same on a Magnum?
-Kurt
I threw in 7 of the new Sealed Power lifters and one of the old ones.
New at left on the exhaust valve; old on the intake:
The oil on the lifter at the left has been sitting there since I opened everything up to begin with. The oil at the right is from cranking. NO oil ever came through the rocker on the left during that time period.
I also tried it without the pushrods. The old one was shooting oil out quite feebly in comparison to the lifters on the passenger's side (and in comparison to the passenger's side lifters when they were on the driver's side.
I'm convinced the Sealed Power lifters are either bad, or that the roller-cam LA engines require the oil inlet hole facing forward.
The lifter bores have their oiling holes facing up from the bottom inside this block. Is it the same on a Magnum?
-Kurt
