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Awesome write up. The jig Sparky fabricated freaked me out a bit and almost made me not try and disassemble but I thought I could get away without it... and it worked! I sprayed wd40 around clamping surfaces, placed booster in a vice and tightened the two nuts, used clamp to stop the top flying away under spring pressure and then used a two foot crow bar to twist. Came away surprisingly easy. Cleaned and inspected all parts and other than a bit of rust she looks good. Ill still chase up with the experts about what I should replace since its apart. Still can't work out how to pull diaphragms off without damaging since they look OK but Ill post some photos . Thanks for the write up Sparky!

Soooooo..... im up to this step now so would love some hints

$120 or something for ebay alloy rad $20 El fans with shroud $50 I think for a Davis craig thermo switch controller $10 for 2 relays from jaycar 2 years on and it's still cooling with no problem.

Your xc still in storage xcsedan? I've had similar problems with run on, but I think mine is timing related.

That's what I thought gerg, fucking hard to find an honest shop these days.

Looking at replacing my lifters in the clevo, found this video: Is it that easy? Anything he is missing? I know I have to soak them overnight in oil. Cheers.

Thanks for the info guys. Went to a performance shop in The area and the guys there quoted me around $800 to install whole new set of lifters, and to run them in. Think I'm going to go ahead and just replace the guts of one as stated above and see how it goes. If all goes pear shaped I'll look at going rollerised but that will mean car off the road for a while as I don't have the funds.

^ never thought of that.

As you can see, plunger got stuck down and then got bludgeoned by the molly pushrods.

Wow, a lot of input thanks guys. So just to clear up, there was no mushrooming on lifter. It slid out perfectly fine as there was still heaps of oil everywhere. I'm just tossing up between replacing the one lifter that's damaged myself, or taking it to a new engine guy that a mate has dealt with building his car with. If it's as easy as the video, I can do it at home. It will be easier running in one lifter rather than a whole new set of them. Going to speak to new engine guy soon.

Yeah, edelbrock heads, roller rockers, poly locks and girdle, same like video.

I should of done that a whole ago but I thought it was a small issue. Lifter has collapsed so I've decided I'll send the car back to the engine builder to have a look at everything and get the lifters looked at. Just don't have the time to spend on it anymore. Cheers for the help guys.

Gentleman...i should've looked harder at the rockers... drivers side 2nd from front is loose as fuck. The bolt is tight but the pushrod isn't up against it so I think I've popped another lifter out the bore.. last time it happened I reved it too hard I think. Anyone got ideas why this is happening? It's the 2nd time now but different lifter this time.

Cruising.

Haha i just want the thing running like it used to. Took her for a spin nothing over 4k just to see how she goes. Went alright pressures are more stable than before, needle doesn't jump around. Highest psi on start up was like 80 compared to off the dial 100 psi + before the old pump went. At he lights it's around 40 when warm and 80 when crushing.

I'm guessing it came from somewhere random. Hell, maybe I accidentally dropped it in there somehow, ill check collets visually and then I'll take it for a spin. If it goes that will be the end of the xc for me. Sorry for taking over the thread.

Roller rockers are scorpion brand. Nothing looked suss when rocker covers were off. Could they be the spring collets? Don't they come in two pieces? But would that mean the spring would fall out? I can deal with oil leaks for a while haha I just can't deal with. .. bang!

Yes it does.

Yeah I do have the blue xc. I'm thinking it could be a collate? Which means I have to undo the rocker covers again. I'll wait till someone confirms.

Wow scared the shit out of me xc! Dam you. I'll upload a photo of it. It looks like a serious piece of hardware but doesn't look like a retaining piston clip like those that came up on a Google search.

Pretty sure it's steel. Nah not the retaining clip, that's still on. Still haven't gone for a drive yet but I did run it and pressures are all good

Haha " shit fight " sums it up beautifully! Yeah found a small chunk of metal in the sump but don't know where it came from, looks like a quarter of a small washer.

Oil pump problems...i think. Built motor had a lot of headaches getting it to the stage of reliable and then one day lost oil pressure whilst giving it some. No weird sounds so I checked pushrods and they were moving fine so wasn't lifters like last time. Pulled pump out and opened her up and there's a few dings and scratches on the inside surfaces and the gaps between the inside star rotor and the outside are a little bigger compared to new pump. Tested the new and old one in oil and the new one holds the oil in the bore whereas the old one if your not spinning the shaft, the oil just drains back out. So I'm hoping the no pressure was due to that and not something else. Clenched AR - SE cheeks till I get her back together.