Jeepster

bake ???? what an ironic typo that was.

I forgot to mention DO NOT mix up the rods..... put them back in the
same spots keeping track of top and bottom. You should also blow out
the rods to be sure they are clear and it wouldn't hurt to give them a
light polishing with some 3m pads.

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:27:01 -0700, Jeepster
<yj_driver_NO_SPAM@excite.com> wrote:

>I did the lifters on a 2.5 93 YJ last summer and it can be done with
>out pulling the head. Be prepared to fiddle a bit and don't expect to
>be able to pull them with a magnet like Chiltons says. You will need a
>lifter removal tool that pops into the top of the lifter and when it
>is tightened down it will clamp on the outer lips of the lifter, even
>with this tool the lifters may be a bit hard to pull due to resin
>build up. Once they are out drop the new ones in with a dab of lithium
>grease on top of the lifter and be sure to replace the pivots and
>rockers while your at it ...... tourque everything bake to spec's and
>replace the valve cover with a new neoprene gasket. I had never done
>this before and I just followed the Chilton or was it Haynes manual
>instructions.
>
>It was not complicated at all.....
>
>An example of lifter puller can be seen here.... item 2210
>http://www.ctatools.com/catalogs/engine.pdf
>>> > I own a 1993 Wrangler with the 2.5l engine. After about 130,000 miles
>>my
>>> > lifters are starting to get noisy, especially on those cold mornings.
>>> > Being, a only if I have to backyard mechanic I decided to look in my
>>> > Chilton's Manual to see how involved of a job it would be to replace the
>>> > lifters myself. Chilton's gives a very vague description of how to
>>replace
>>> > the lifters. However it doesn't seem like to big of a job they way the
>>show
>>> > it. Does anybody know of someplace on the web where I might find more
>>info
>>> > for the do-it-yourselfer like me? The way they describe it is basically
>>> > pulling the valve cover, pulling the rockers and pushrods, and use a
>>special
>>> > tool to pull them (the lifters) out. Is this all I have to do? How
>>hard
>>> > are they to get out with the special tool and where might I get this
>>tool.
>>> > It seems after looking around, that the lifters themselves are fairly
>>cheap.
>>> > For as cheap and a easy as it seems I can't afford not to do it myself.
>>Can
>>> > anyone help me out or point me in the right direction?
>>

Jeepster

bake ???? what an ironic typo that was.

I forgot to mention DO NOT mix up the rods..... put them back in the
same spots keeping track of top and bottom. You should also blow out
the rods to be sure they are clear and it wouldn't hurt to give them a
light polishing with some 3m pads.

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:27:01 -0700, Jeepster
<yj_driver_NO_SPAM@excite.com> wrote:

>I did the lifters on a 2.5 93 YJ last summer and it can be done with
>out pulling the head. Be prepared to fiddle a bit and don't expect to
>be able to pull them with a magnet like Chiltons says. You will need a
>lifter removal tool that pops into the top of the lifter and when it
>is tightened down it will clamp on the outer lips of the lifter, even
>with this tool the lifters may be a bit hard to pull due to resin
>build up. Once they are out drop the new ones in with a dab of lithium
>grease on top of the lifter and be sure to replace the pivots and
>rockers while your at it ...... tourque everything bake to spec's and
>replace the valve cover with a new neoprene gasket. I had never done
>this before and I just followed the Chilton or was it Haynes manual
>instructions.
>
>It was not complicated at all.....
>
>An example of lifter puller can be seen here.... item 2210
>http://www.ctatools.com/catalogs/engine.pdf
>>> > I own a 1993 Wrangler with the 2.5l engine. After about 130,000 miles
>>my
>>> > lifters are starting to get noisy, especially on those cold mornings.
>>> > Being, a only if I have to backyard mechanic I decided to look in my
>>> > Chilton's Manual to see how involved of a job it would be to replace the
>>> > lifters myself. Chilton's gives a very vague description of how to
>>replace
>>> > the lifters. However it doesn't seem like to big of a job they way the
>>show
>>> > it. Does anybody know of someplace on the web where I might find more
>>info
>>> > for the do-it-yourselfer like me? The way they describe it is basically
>>> > pulling the valve cover, pulling the rockers and pushrods, and use a
>>special
>>> > tool to pull them (the lifters) out. Is this all I have to do? How
>>hard
>>> > are they to get out with the special tool and where might I get this
>>tool.
>>> > It seems after looking around, that the lifters themselves are fairly
>>cheap.
>>> > For as cheap and a easy as it seems I can't afford not to do it myself.
>>Can
>>> > anyone help me out or point me in the right direction?
>>

Jeepster

bake ???? what an ironic typo that was.

I forgot to mention DO NOT mix up the rods..... put them back in the
same spots keeping track of top and bottom. You should also blow out
the rods to be sure they are clear and it wouldn't hurt to give them a
light polishing with some 3m pads.

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:27:01 -0700, Jeepster
<yj_driver_NO_SPAM@excite.com> wrote:

>I did the lifters on a 2.5 93 YJ last summer and it can be done with
>out pulling the head. Be prepared to fiddle a bit and don't expect to
>be able to pull them with a magnet like Chiltons says. You will need a
>lifter removal tool that pops into the top of the lifter and when it
>is tightened down it will clamp on the outer lips of the lifter, even
>with this tool the lifters may be a bit hard to pull due to resin
>build up. Once they are out drop the new ones in with a dab of lithium
>grease on top of the lifter and be sure to replace the pivots and
>rockers while your at it ...... tourque everything bake to spec's and
>replace the valve cover with a new neoprene gasket. I had never done
>this before and I just followed the Chilton or was it Haynes manual
>instructions.
>
>It was not complicated at all.....
>
>An example of lifter puller can be seen here.... item 2210
>http://www.ctatools.com/catalogs/engine.pdf
>>> > I own a 1993 Wrangler with the 2.5l engine. After about 130,000 miles
>>my
>>> > lifters are starting to get noisy, especially on those cold mornings.
>>> > Being, a only if I have to backyard mechanic I decided to look in my
>>> > Chilton's Manual to see how involved of a job it would be to replace the
>>> > lifters myself. Chilton's gives a very vague description of how to
>>replace
>>> > the lifters. However it doesn't seem like to big of a job they way the
>>show
>>> > it. Does anybody know of someplace on the web where I might find more
>>info
>>> > for the do-it-yourselfer like me? The way they describe it is basically
>>> > pulling the valve cover, pulling the rockers and pushrods, and use a
>>special
>>> > tool to pull them (the lifters) out. Is this all I have to do? How
>>hard
>>> > are they to get out with the special tool and where might I get this
>>tool.
>>> > It seems after looking around, that the lifters themselves are fairly
>>cheap.
>>> > For as cheap and a easy as it seems I can't afford not to do it myself.
>>Can
>>> > anyone help me out or point me in the right direction?
>>