Recent content by mike91188

Interesting - always had a flat tappet since I bought it. I assume the bolt points in the center of the valley are for the spider you are mentioning?

I didn't wipe them off before I took this picture and I probably should have. . All the little highlights that you're seeing are not scratches, but more so just dusts. When I put them in the box it pulled some of the cardboard dust onto the face of the lifters and it's a real pain in the butt to...

No! I made sure to change it immediately. The image might be hard to tell but these look more oil slicked than rusted. I'll see if I can get a closer image and post it here

Of course! They went into a lifter box aligned in the order that came out of the engine!

That was my thought as well.

Hey there! I recently rebuilt my 70s LA 318 and in the motor and in the process of breaking in the new flat tappet cam / hydraulic lifters we ran into an issue and had some coolant make it's way into the oil due to a gasket failure which worried me a bit so I ended up taking the intake off to...