lifters

[bentvalves]

So im trying to order new lifters for my ca18det. I tried ordering them for an 88 pulsar NX SE but when the parts man types that **** into his computer, he is showing three different part numbers for the lifters.

wait.....the part numbers were all superceded??

13231-79S00, is this what I need?

Greg

[float_6969]

Why don't you just have yours rebuilt? I have have it done for $80 + shipping. They look brand new.

[bentvalves]

I wanted to.....but my old man is steering me away from it. Let me talk to my machine shop tommorow and see what they say about it.

Greg

[r34 gtr]

let the man get them rebuilt for you. its totally not worth buying new ones.

[bentvalves]

I can get 16 of them for 204.00

thats not so bad

[r34 gtr]

yeah, or float can have them rebuilt for under a bill including shipping.

[Woods Crasher]

I'm showing that they list for 15.96 each in my software.

[r34 gtr]

uuum, 80 bucks plus shipping? why bother with anything else!

[bentvalves]

Because, nothing against float6969, but who exactly rebuilds these lifters? Is it Bob down the street that does it in his kitchen sink, or is it a reputable shop?

Are new springs installed in the lifters? I cant see 80 beans covering a full in depth rebuild of these things.

And in all honesty, Id like to keep them in their respective bores, and after a rebuild, im not sure how feasible that is.

Greg

[r34 gtr]

cant do it with new ones either... and apparently the dude does an excellent job. im only going on what other members have said.

[float_6969]

It's a shop that does nothing but rebuild lifters. That's all they do.

I don't know exactly what they do to be honest, but from what I've seen (I've got a set in my car now) they look new.

Get a caliper and measure the difference in diameters of the lifter and the bore they set in for all of the lifters. I'll bet you'll be suprised at the results...

[bentvalves]

havent you posted about your lifters being noisy since day one?

dont take that as me being a d!ck either, cause im not

[float_6969]

LOL, that is true, and the whole reason for getting the lifters rebuilt was because I thought it was a problem with the lifters. After getting them rebuilt it helped a lot, but didn't fix it. I started doing some investigating and found that I have 2 pretty major oil leaks in the oil galley's feeding the head. (I saw the oil leak previously, but I thought it was coming from the valve cover gasekt so I never paid much attention to it) It also doesn't make any noise when the oil is cold. This is because the oil is thick enough that it won't push past the leaks very much and the oil pressure in the head stays up. So the problem with the lifters is a lack of oil pressure in the head in my particular instance.

One leak is at the HG on the exhaust side at the back. It leaks bad enough to actually squirt some oil onto the exhaust. The other is in the same galley, but in an exhaust bolt hole that I drilled out.

BTW, if anybody ever strips out the exhaust bolt on the top rear of the 4th cylnder, DON'T drill, tap, and helicoil it. It's RIGHT next to the oil feed for the head and when you drill it out to helicoil it, it punches a hole in the galley and you can leak oil profusely.

[bentvalves]

yikes....maybe some JB weld until its torn down again?

[float_6969]

I tried RTV, but it blew it out. If I JB weld it, i'll never get the manifold back off (it's a bolt, not a stud).