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Old Nov 28, 2015 | 12:36 PM
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Default solid lifters /spring underneath

finishing up a friends 57 Pan and it has a set of solid lifters that has a spring underneath, found em on a ebay list and they said set at 0 lash, noisy!!!!!, tried to set 0 lash with the spring depressed and popped and sputter , having trouble figuring , anybody ever ran across these and besides yanking the ****** out is the another option, Thanks, Brian
 
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Old Nov 30, 2015 | 07:18 AM
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You can ditch those springs.
0 lash, a semi-tight roll to the pushrod.
Shouldn't be overly-loud, unless of course there is something else wrong.
Scott
 
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