My 440 rebuild thread

MoparMike1974 said
Not priming the pump would not cause the cam lobes to wipe. They are oiled from splash. If the cam is wiped it probably happened during break in which would be why the guy couldnt get it tuned correctly.
You dont usually see valve rotators on mopars but perhaps that was an industrial engine. When used, they are usually on the exhaust only.

We'll see how the cam looks. I guess I'll feel a little better knowing it wasn't me that did it if the cam is indeed wiped. It did occur to me yesterday that if he ruined the cam upon break in, that could've been why he couldn't tune it. When I flattened a lobe on the 318, the car barely ran. This engine, I can drive to the store and back with relatively no problems as long as I keep it at low RPMs.

72Duster440 said
The lifters could have bled down causing them to all be the same height.

So, if the lifters did bleed down, wouldn't I be able to pull them out and let them pump themselves back up? Or soak in oil?