340 Oil Priming Question First Start

340inabbody said
Guys! I am in trouble. My first lifter was easy to put back in through the head. The geometry was straight forward. HOWEVER I can not for the life of me get the other lifter that I extracted back into place. I’ve tried for two days and can’t seem ti get the angle right to have it slip in.

I have a bore camera on it. I am using a pushrod and a long split forceps. I’ve tried a lot and it’s being a real PITA.

Any suggestions?

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That's gotta be pretty frustrating. I'd maybe try a thin telescoping magnet through the pushrod hole. Then raise the lifter up and into the bore straight down guiding it with your forceps as needed. If you don't have a thin enough telescoping magnet, maybe epoxy a small neodymium magnet to the end of a spare pushrod and use that.