BWDart
Well-Known Member
Got my lifters off the work bench to put in 360 and the box some how got wet and rusted the bottoms of all the brand new lifters! Guess next time I'll store them better.
You do what you want. Only if You are broke or a cheapskate. Lifters need to be perfect or they won't rotate in the bores and the worst place to have rust is on the bottoms where they contact the cam. Nope, I vote for new ones. I wouldn't take the chance to flatten a lobe and ruin a cam or engine.clean up
people usually pay extra for oil pockets
just do not sand on a flat plate
keep the curve
you could use rust remover first
and BVVC schotchbrigh
some polish their lifters first anyway
pics?
Remove the plungers and check valves. You never know when youll need to change one out if you buy the same lifters and you develop a tick.These lifters were rusted to the point of major pitting goin to the scrap metal pile
These lifters were rusted to the point of major pitting goin to the scrap metal pile
Good idea I'll do thatRemove the plungers and check valves. You never know when youll need to change one out if you buy the same lifters and you develop a tick.
Its about $5 a lifter online ($80 a set...really?) , but if you can take them to a place, they may do it for less. There is a classic import shop here in So. Cal that will do it for $1 a pop but usually do older N/A Volvo and Porsche lifters. Oregon Cams does them (solid slants) too.A cam grinder can resurface them cheap..
I reckon it would probably depend on how expensive the lifters were in the first place.. Oregon cam (in Vancouver Washington) it's just a short 10-15 minute drive away and I enjoy talking to Ken the owner.. nice old school cat...Its about $5 a lifter online ($80 a set...really?) , but if you can take them to a place, they may do it for less. There is a classic import shop here in So. Cal that will do it for $1 a pop but usually do older N/A Volvo and Porsche lifters. Oregon Cams does them (solid slants) too.