I apologize for my incorrect posting. I had my 1776 that I just got finished recently in my mind. My screw up.
And believe it or not a few listees that will go nameless had to pmail with the rudest most cussing out for this mistake.................. I feel that my posts and help I give are generally helpful. It is a shame that a few faceless cowards resort to using the internet to talk to another listee in a manner that they would not do face to face, or, trust me, they would be spitting teeth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [T2] '76 FI engine? > At 04:11 PM 1/19/02 -0500, you wrote: > >You cannot pull a non-hydraulic lifter without splitting the case. or for > >that matter a hydraulic lifter that has mushroomed on the cam > >end............ > > HUH??? > > Apparently I've been doing the impossible all these years... And has > anyone EVER seen a T4 hydraulic (or solid for that matter) lifter that > was mushroomed anywhere. Now this informations is pretty much > true for a type 1 engine, though I'd still be amazed about a hydraulic > type 4 retrofit lifter (which is what my local guy installs) mushroomed > that far, maybe those crappy slip in T1 lifters. > > We aren't talking apples and oranges here volks the topic of this is the > '76 TYPE 4 engine. You can pull any T4 lifter at any time you darn well > please boys and girls after merely pulling the pushrod tubes. You can > even do it on waterboxers but unless you buy expensive collapsible > tubes you can't replace those without pulling the head. Anyway I don't > want anyone getting confused here with incorrect information. You can > in fact retrofit hydraulics ON TOP of the ole solid lifter cam though some > will warn of this, many have done it and are happy enough with the results. > You need to secure all of the hydraulic valve train including pushrods, > solid rocker spacers, etc. in order to do so. > > Anyway for informative hints on the T4 valvetrain please reference > > http://www.type2.com/library/engineg/hydral.htm > > Written by somebody I know and love. > > John > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To email the admin for list help only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To email the admin for list help only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------
