help with lifters (cam carrior reinstall)

[Rabbi]

ok i got my head gasket installed, Head back on.

 

Now how the hell do i keep the lifters held in place while installing the cam carrior onto the head? They fall out obviously.

 

Some sort of special tool or assembly grease i need?

[jimmy91444]

in the book( haynes) they show how to do it : you are going to need for the exaust side 3/16 inch hose and the intake side 5/32 inch hose. You cut them in pieces of about 3-4 inch long, and squeese them betwenn the lifter under the cam kinde hard to do, but once in there they will hold your lifters in place when you turn it over. have fun.

[5speedz34]

Engine assembly lube?

[Rabbi]

in the book( haynes) they show how to do it : you are going to need for the exaust side 3/16 inch hose and the intake side 5/32 inch hose. You cut them in pieces of about 3-4 inch long, and squeese them betwenn the lifter under the cam kinde hard to do, but once in there they will hold your lifters in place when you turn it over. have fun.

 

i read that, But i dont see how that will do anything since the lifters will fall out the bottom not the top under the cams.

 

 

[Vegeta]

I use moly grease after I wipe all the oil out of the bores and off the lifters. It gives you time to flip the carriers over on top of the heads.

[patgizz]

vaseline, engine assembly lube(the red permatex stuff is so gooey it'd have to work).

[Rabbi]

cam carrior installed

 

moly grease worked perfectly

[Psych0matt]

I just did mine really fast