'68 318 to carbed Magnum 5.2: Check my checklist
Tore it apart today. Exhaust lifter on #7 is jammed in the pumped-up position. #3 and #5's exhaust lifters don't pump up when cranked.
The passenger's side bank, by comparison, has no problem.
This brings to mind one detail that I remember when I tore this engine open - that the passenger side lifters had all been changed, and the driver's side had not:
I have a suspicion the passenger's side bank was replaced already.
That said, one other thing comes to mind - the oiling hole on both of these lifters are at 90 degrees to the dogbone flats, in that I can't point the lifters upwards as everyone seems to recommend.
From online photos, I'm almost suspicious that these are not the right lifters, except for the fact that the lone Federal Mogul replacement that I bought from Rock Auto (the one that was scraping the bore and I didn't use) was angled the same way.
Should these point forwards or backwards then?
-Kurt
Tore it apart today. Exhaust lifter on #7 is jammed in the pumped-up position. #3 and #5's exhaust lifters don't pump up when cranked.
The passenger's side bank, by comparison, has no problem.
This brings to mind one detail that I remember when I tore this engine open - that the passenger side lifters had all been changed, and the driver's side had not:
I have a suspicion the passenger's side bank was replaced already.
That said, one other thing comes to mind - the oiling hole on both of these lifters are at 90 degrees to the dogbone flats, in that I can't point the lifters upwards as everyone seems to recommend.
From online photos, I'm almost suspicious that these are not the right lifters, except for the fact that the lone Federal Mogul replacement that I bought from Rock Auto (the one that was scraping the bore and I didn't use) was angled the same way.
Should these point forwards or backwards then?
-Kurt
