What happened to this lifter?
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What happened to this lifter?
I could use some help, I'm not a mechanic. I asked on ls1tech and no one there seems able or willing to help. I recently bought a LH6 that "ran but made noise" from a junkyard. After we took the heads off we found one of the DOD lifters that appears to have fallen apart. I assume these don't just pull apart as none of the others do. I assume this lifter failed and this is not normal? Can someone confirm? What holds these together that would have failed and allowed it to come apart.
After casual inspection we didn't notice any damage to the lifter rollers of the cam. What should I be looking for/at?
Thanks!
After casual inspection we didn't notice any damage to the lifter rollers of the cam. What should I be looking for/at?
Thanks!
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I can see anything that looks broken or missing that allowed it to come apart by I'm not a mechanic so I don't know what to look for.
I'm thinking the engine noise (I never heard it run) was caused by this. The lower piece of the lifter was probably hitting the plastic lifter tray.
I'd like to use this motor but I need to figure out if anything is damaged and what to do about it. I've got no ideas of the mileage but it looked like that head had been off at one time.
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Junk *** DOD lifter they suck they alway's have various problems I've seen 5 or 6 of em in the last 8 years that did exactly as yours did. If bores clean and not scarred and cam looks perfectly smooth then just do a DOD delete on it throw it back together and rock n roll.
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Thanks 01WS6/tamu, that's what I wanted to know. I bought this to hopefully use for a swap and it looks like I should be OK. Do you know what holds them together that would have allowed it to come apart like that?
Thanks for taking time to post everyone.
Thanks for taking time to post everyone.