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With all this talk about hydraulic vs solid lifters I'm not sure what I have in
my Tiger
I assumed I had hydraulic lifters and set t he gap according to the shop manual
after I replaced all the rocker studs.
Is there a way to determine hydraulic vs solid with out tearing down the engine?
New to V8's
Rick
Bob Palmer wrote:
> Randy,
>
> Actually, while hydraulics may seem soft (and I'm not really certain of
> this), just to be clear, solid lifters will not feel solid, but loose when
> the valve is closed. All solid lifter cams are designed for a certain amount
> of clearance, which may be about 0.025", which is quite a bit. In order to
> properly set the clearance, you need to know what the cam spec is. I guess
> you could take a stab based on what they seem to be set at now and see how
> they sound, but this seems a little risky.
>
> Bob Palmer
> rpalmer@ucsd.edu
> robertpalmer@paulhastings.com
> rpalmerbob@adelphia.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Rkegg465@cs.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:30 PM
> To: Carmods@aol.com; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Hydraulic vs Solid Lifters
>
> That is an excellent idea! I will try it this weekend and let you know. (I
> am
> not looking forward to taking those valve covers off.......)
>
> Thanks,
> Randy
>
> In a message dated 3/27/03 9:17:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, Carmods@aol.com
> writes:
>
> > Subj: Re: Hydraulic vs Solid Lifters
> > Date: 3/27/03 9:17:18 AM Eastern Standard Time
> > From: Carmods@aol.com
> > Sender: owner-tigers@autox.team.net
> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:Carmods@aol.com";>Carmods@aol.com</A>
> > To: tigers@autox.team.net
> >
> > Randy,
> >
> > One way to figure out what lifters you have is to remove a cover and push
> > down on the pushrods of the completely closed valves. If they move down
> > slightly and feel springy then they are hydraulic, if they feel solid
> then
> > they are solid lifters.
> >
> > John
> Logan
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