hlee96

ready to put my cam towers in the torqued heads of my euro s engine. This lifter has a loose center and wondering if I should get a new replacement for that particular lifter. It corresponds to the original damaged valve due to a can tower bolt being jammed.

It's the one in the left.


Second question, in putting in the cam tower, do I need to place bolts loosely then tightening them down one by one due to the valve springs pushing the lifters?

Thanks
hoi

Mrmerlin

that center should push back in,
if you had another lifter it would be A good idea to swap it in ,
as this could be damaged from the bolt episode.

Are you using Greg Brown tower gaskets? you should.
put the bolts in till snug then follow the tightening procedure in the WSM.

hlee96

Thanks Stan. I swapped in an old lifter from my '78 4.5L and they are the same. I'm using gregs cam tower gaskets.

I'll start the cam tower bolts while the cam tower is about 5mm out of the head (the side positioning bolts are just in the cam towers) and torque them as recommended in sequence by wsm.

Thanks!

hacker-pschorr

I use the wire trick. I install all the upper bolts in the cam tower on the work bench. I use a piece of wire around every bolt to hold them in place, but not so tight I cannot spin them easily.

Once the threads are started, remove the wire.

Having one of those bolts fall down inside the cam tower is very annoying. Especially when you've already installed a couple and have to remove the assembly to fish out a bolt.

GregBBRD

^^^^This is a great idea^^^^I'll have to try this!

I "stick" the 6mm allen socket tool into the cap screw with Bosch Distributor Lube....one of the stickiest and most fiberous greases I've ever found.

And yes, throw that lifter away.

Strosek Ultra

What is Greg Brown tower gasket? More info please.
Åke

Mrmerlin

these gaskets are special made to remove the moly coating ( dark gray coating) that is placed on the ends of the stock gasket.
Greg and Roger sell them