Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) removing lifters

[onestackdram]

Ok guys I turn to the ever so wise members of TDR. We have 94 12v p pump in class that is one of our training engines. We are fella assigned the engine is removing the cam. And in the service manual for it he nor I can find how to remove the lifters. I know that some of you have changed cams so how did you remove the lifters for it? Do you need to come from the bottom of the block or is there a trick to it?



TIA



Russell

 

[JNailor]

This is a lot for the forums. Basically, you remove the rockers and pushrods. Then insert wooden dowels that are tapered and slotted on one end down into the lifters. Raise them off the cam and hold in pairs with big elastic bands. Now remove cam. Then with a tool that looks like a pipe sawed in half lenthwise, insert it into cam bore and release one lifter at a time into the trough and remove. To replace them, there is a tool which is a magnet on a line. You fish the line through the cam bore and up to the head. Then insert a lifter on the magnet and slide it in on the half pipe tool and finesse it into its lifter bore. Then turn the pipe tool over so the rounded side is up against the lifter and insert a dowel. When they are all doweled up, re-install the cam. Good luck!!

 

[JNailor]

Oh yeah, don't forget to remove the fuel lift pump before removing the cam.



Dana

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Installing Lifters

From Scott's (Big Bad Dodge) Motor page:



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[onestackdram]

Ok I guess I Should have been a little more specfic. This is a complete tear down. Head is already removed, pump, timing cover, pistons, all that is left in the block right now is the crank and cam and lifters. But the cam wont come out until the lifters are out. We had no problem getting them out of the 8. 3 but the 5. 9 doesnt want to work the same





TIA



Russell

 

[JNailor]

It's easy then. Hold up the lifters with clothes pins from the side after removing the cover plate and then remove cam. Then take out lifters through the crank case.



Dana

 

[onestackdram]

mucho gracias... thats my spanish knowledge...



thanks guys

 

[Andy Redmond]

Will your engine stand rotate 180 deg. so the head side of the block faces the floor?



Let gravity help! (While removing the cam).



Insert trough and rotate the engine stand back to where it was. If oil "stick-tion" is still a factor insert wooden dowel to drop it down into the trough. .



Have fun!

 

[dieselpilot]

Andy,

Are you doing the KDP fix in the DFW area? I tried to Pmail you and email but your box is full! Email me at -- email address removed -- or via TDR PM. Thanks

 

[onestackdram]

Thanks to all that replied, we got em out. Unfortunetly we dont have them sitting on engine stands just permant stationairy stands. But we did have to turn it over to get em all out. Oh well we did it to 10 other engines all of with MUCH bigger. We are doing every imaginable size. From the 5. 9 ICB to a 855 cummins and then a 3408 case. But again I wanted to say thanks to those that jumped up and helped.



Russell