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Old Jul 5, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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So some say they use the binder clip trick holding the lifters and it works great others had no luck. I though that being a mechanic I wouldn't have any trouble. I ground the tips and all but there wasn't enough lip to grab the lifters. So what I did was to bend the tips almost straight and insert them into the oil hole in the center of the lifters and then it worked great. Hope that helps someone else and prevents them from buying a tool that only gets used once.
 
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will keep this one in mind as i plan to do a cam swap in the near future. thanks soft 02.
 
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been using the paper clip on the lifters for years and your right it works great !!!
 
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I also just bent the tips and ground them to a sharp edge and worked fine...First time doing it too...
 
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