lifters

[maddog]

i have a question for you guys concerning lifters. and it is do you have to remove the head to get them out or can you just remove the valvecover to get them?

[mudkicker715]

Remove the head

[doc65]

Yup, like MK said had's gotta ome off as there is no clearance to pull them up out of the push-rod holes

[carnuck]

On "dispoable" motors, I have taken a ball peen hammer and knocked a hole in the block by the lifter area, replaced the bad lifters, then epoxied/screwed a plate over the hole. I did it as a test for accessing that area to put a roller lifter cam in. I wanted to make sure it wasn't messing with the block strength.

[maddog]

thanks guys that's what i was afraid of.