Jumping in head first.

[slowchevy]

i'm a little bit too pussy to get the edges. i think i'm gonna have to have my buddy do the small edges. NO BALLS

 

[ProjectGTP]

Where is this junkyard at?

 

[wolfe]

Why put in 100k lifters when you've had one fail? I understand being on a budget, but lifters are not that expensive. And are you sure it was a bad lifer? It would suck to go though all of this and still have the problem. Good luck.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

make sure to look for any odd wear to the lifter rollers that might indicate the lobes are flaking.
make sure to use razorblades with the valley protected with towels, do not use any 3m roloc type discs
i do hope you canceled spark during your diagnostic routine and you didnt hear a difference in the noise which would indicate a rod bearing
soaking lifters doesnt do shit, you physically have to pull the whole plunger and disc assembly out and clean everything with kerosene/solvent and blowdry the parts as you asseble em to keep rag lint out of em

 

[PANDA]

Good job s00ls.

People give away top swaps. Not sure how much u paid for that shit at the yard but you could have been supercharged for small coin.

 

[slowchevy]

Where is this junkyard at?

Route 14 auto parts , woodstock , il

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Good job s00ls.

People give away top swaps. Not sure how much u paid for that shit at the yard but you could have been supercharged for small coin.

At least he's working on his own car you gnome.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Do they have many imports eric? Prices reasonable?

 

[slowchevy]

Why put in 100k lifters when you've had one fail? I understand being on a budget, but lifters are not that expensive. And are you sure it was a bad lifer? It would suck to go though all of this and still have the problem. Good luck.

I have $240 for everything. Gotta make it work.. I feel the same way but anything is better than what was in my car IMO

 

[slowchevy]

make sure to look for any odd wear to the lifter rollers that might indicate the lobes are flaking.
make sure to use razorblades with the valley protected with towels, do not use any 3m roloc type discs
i do hope you canceled spark during your diagnostic routine and you didnt hear a difference in the noise which would indicate a rod bearing
soaking lifters doesnt do shit, you physically have to pull the whole plunger and disc assembly out and clean everything with kerosene/solvent and blowdry the parts as you asseble em to keep rag lint out of em

Is it hard to do? I noticed the small retainer clip holding it all in, I can't imagine it'd be terribly hard to get out.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Balls deep ftw

 

[slowchevy]

Good job s00ls.

People give away top swaps. Not sure how much u paid for that shit at the yard but you could have been supercharged for small coin.

150 with a few extra little things and a map sensor that I broke the clips on when I did the PCV last week.

 

[PANDA]

At least he's working on his own car you gnome.

I was congratulating him for doing work. I work on my own cars plenty, as far as tearing down motors, nope. Mine don't break.

 

[Maniak]

Why put in 100k lifters when you've had one fail? I understand being on a budget, but lifters are not that expensive. And are you sure it was a bad lifer? It would suck to go though all of this and still have the problem. Good luck.

+1.......

 

[Yaj Yak]

3800 stuff is weird... an anomaly if you will... stock used stuff in these cars is what i would rather have than most aftermarket new stuff for sure.

 

[slowchevy]

And that.

 

[wolfe]

I'm not saying go aftermarket. I'm saying buy new gm lifters. If it came to it let the car sit a week or 2 longer.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i think he said he was on a super small budget...


also... do lifters really go out that often on 3800s?

i havent heard of it... but who knows....

 

[wolfe]

If one went bad on his car then yes. A hydraulic lifter can go bad on anything.

 

[Yaj Yak]

his car has over 200k on it and hasn't had anything near an "easy life"... i have been in quite a few 3800s and owned quite a few as well and haven't heard of this.

of course anything can go bad on anything.

 

[1quick]

3800 stuff is weird... an anomaly if you will... stock used stuff in these cars is what i would rather have than most aftermarket new stuff for sure.

I was going to buy comp cams lifters for my build and phatride told me not to to keep the stock ones, of course mine were minty 14k stockers but still

 

[slowchevy]

a set of 12 new ones (i'm not gonna replace one and let the old sit) was $250+ through GM.

as kj said. this 100k set of stuff lived a much easier life than my stuff saw in less than 70k of being in the car. that's why i'm ok with it. i beat the living fuck out of this car and drive the fuck out of it too. my gf lives 60 miles away and i make that round trip 2-3x/wk, i do some mobile detailing on the side to keep a little money in my pocket when i can actually find work and i didn't have much to work with. so this will have to do. searched 3 yards and lifted dozens of valvecovers and i finally found an engine i was happy enough to take stuff out of.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Is it hard to do? I noticed the small retainer clip holding it all in, I can't imagine it'd be terribly hard to get out.

yup the clip comes out and the pushrod cup and metering disc come out easiy, then you use some compressed air to remove the plunger then clean the bugger out, blow through the plunger checkball a few times, redunk in solvent and blow off putting everything onto a clean piece of paper to keep lint off it, reassemble compress cup with old pushrod and reinstall clip.

of course rebuilding or replacing the lifters wont help much if the damage is on a cam lobe.

ill ask again, you did cancel spark on each cylinder and listen for the noise to quiet which would indicate a bad rod bearing... right?

 

[RICH17]

i've known people who have put the oil filler valvecover in the back. dumb idea? kinda wanna clean up the front of the engine bay but I'm not sure.

Ive been doing this for a while now. Even with a strut bar....

Even tho I cant see the pics at work I am glad to see you tearing this down on your own!

 

[slowchevy]

Do they have many imports eric? Prices reasonable?

unsure really. never looked at anything but GM in there.