Recent content by Devon Arden

Keep me in your prayers people ! Lol ..I will report back after the new year

This will replicate the oil pressure of a running engine ? While spinning the drill to maintain pressure try to depress the pushrod down into the lifter..should be stiff correct? If they are still squishy that means no pump given to lifter? Am I correct or is my thinking backwards in thinking...

Thank you everybody...for the thoughts and help ...Im really hoping for the best (of course) as I have really put the car to sleep once I noticed a lil ticky and funny sound .. This is my first horsepower filled motor and wanna keep her alive! Ill order these heads ...and get the diamond...

If the lifters are losing their pump very shortly after its shut off ..will thay mske the reading from dial indicated appear off? No pump in lifter means it wont lift it up as much as one with pump? So it would appear like the cam lobe isnt raising it as much ? Or am I wrong in that?

Best case scenario is the lifter has just been losing pump and is a bit noisy...and hasn't harmed the cam?

I guess ill just have to wait till the heads show up with the new lifters and i get the top end taken apart ...take a good look at the base of the suspected bad lifters ...and then with the valley opened take a good look at the corresponding can lobe for any groove or pitting or scuffing ? If i...

I just did an oil change and filter change 2 weeks ago ..looked clean with nothing concerning in it ..did not cut open filter but took a flash light to the oil after to see ..and was not concerned...if the cam is hooped ..can it be pulled with the engine in the car ?

I do hear a light tick that comes an goes with heat and rpm it is not obnoxious and does not make one think immediatly this should not be driven ...the only reason I feel something is wrong initially was the lack of pump in the lifters when I had the valve cover off and was able to easily...

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I am correct in calling it a collapsed lifter? I should not be able to push the push rod down with a lot of ease,correct? Am I still in danger of wiping a cam lobe, if the lifter doesn't get fully pumped or retain its pump?... Seems like it would be if anything less pressure against the cam...

What sparked me getting these heads in the very near future was I had a slight tick starting on the driver's side ..I was doing a leak down test to see how the health of the rings and valve seats are just for peace of mind and while I was messing around doing the test ..I had the valve cover...

Why are we wiping cam lobes and lifters rusty!?!

You just like that piston better ? It already has the kb107s inside of it right now

Good day people! Rather new here ..long time reader ..freshy poster I recently acquired a late '79 aspen R/T that has had a LA360 put together in the end of 2021..it already has the parts in it im going to list but am adding aluminum heads to the mix..I am curious what you guys think of the...