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re: "Denis Welch said he'd buy EVERY Buick lifter I could get for him."
Was this before, or after, DWM started offering their own bucket lifters?
My BJ8 has a DWM gun-drilled cam, with 'standard' lifters (kinda wish
I'd gone with the buckets). Anyone seeing any issues with this gear?
Bob
On 8/3/2021 6:15 PM, Curtis Arndt via Healeys wrote:
> Michael, all I know is that before he passed away, Denis Welch said
> he'd buy EVERY Buick lifter I could get for him. He obviously liked them.
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 17:20 Michael Salter via Healeys
>
> After only 6000 miles the NOS BMC lifters that I installed in my
> engine with a very low mileage "M" cam have started to deteriorate.
> This engine has had a steady diet of VR1 non synthetic and it has
> had 4 changes in 6K miles.
> Very disappointing.
> I'm considering trying bucket type Buick lifters with longer push
> rods and a new cam.
> Does anyone have experience with the durability of the old Buick
> lifters ... getting a little desperate here.
> Fortunately I caught this issue before it ruined the engine.
>
> M
>
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re: "Denis Welch said he'd buy EVERY Buick lifter I could get for
him."<br>
<br>
Was this before, or after, DWM started offering their own bucket
lifters?<br>
<br>
My BJ8 has a DWM gun-drilled cam, with 'standard' lifters (kinda
wish I'd gone with the buckets). Anyone seeing any issues with this
gear?<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
<br>
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<div dir="auto">Michael, all I know is that before he passed
away, Denis Welch said he'd buy EVERY Buick lifter I could get
for him. He obviously liked them.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 17:20
Michael Salter via Healeys <<a
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<div dir="auto">After only 6000 miles the NOS BMC lifters that
I installed in my engine with a very low mileage "M" cam
have started to deteriorate.Â
<div dir="auto">This engine has had a steady diet of VR1 non
synthetic and it has had 4 changes in 6K miles. </div>
<div dir="auto">Very disappointing. </div>
<div dir="auto">I'm considering trying bucket type Buick
lifters with longer push rods and a new cam.</div>
<div dir="auto">Does anyone have experience with the
durability of the old Buick lifters ... getting a little
desperate here.</div>
<div dir="auto">Fortunately I caught this issue before it
ruined the engine.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">M</div>
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