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V · 07-19-2006, 04:23 PM

Ok, i need to install a cam, BUT the JPR lifter retainer tools are on backorder, plus ive heard some bad things about them. I do not want to go and do the 16 pen magnets method, nor the just "hope" the lifters dont fall method. I read a few places that a 5/16" aluminum rods works just as well as the JPR tool, so i was thinking of that route. And as I was tryign to decide what to do, i thought of another method... correct me if i'm wrong, but couldnt I just flip the motor over (upside down since its on a engine stand already) and install the can then, so it would be impossible for the lifters to fall down. The plastic "retainer" cups should keep them in the bores and not allow them to fall all the way out the top. Oh and also there is NO oil or coolant in the motor, and never has been yet, so flipping it over would not cause any issues, it brand new and just has assembly lube.. .
So this upside down method should work?...
it'll only be flipped for a minute or 2, however long it takes to carefully slide the one cam out and a new one in.

The "more" valvespring tool is also backordered so i'm gonna be orderign the crane tool instead, which ive read is also better and quicker.

07-19-2006, 04:23 PM	#1
V Stalker Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 12,082 iTrader: (12)	ls1 cam install/lifter question Ok, i need to install a cam, BUT the JPR lifter retainer tools are on backorder, plus ive heard some bad things about them. I do not want to go and do the 16 pen magnets method, nor the just "hope" the lifters dont fall method. I read a few places that a 5/16" aluminum rods works just as well as the JPR tool, so i was thinking of that route. And as I was tryign to decide what to do, i thought of another method... correct me if i'm wrong, but couldnt I just flip the motor over (upside down since its on a engine stand already) and install the can then, so it would be impossible for the lifters to fall down. The plastic "retainer" cups should keep them in the bores and not allow them to fall all the way out the top. Oh and also there is NO oil or coolant in the motor, and never has been yet, so flipping it over would not cause any issues, it brand new and just has assembly lube.. . So this upside down method should work?... it'll only be flipped for a minute or 2, however long it takes to carefully slide the one cam out and a new one in. The "more" valvespring tool is also backordered so i'm gonna be orderign the crane tool instead, which ive read is also better and quicker.