Re: 97 wrangler valve lifters...
 

Cal wrote:
> Has anyone replaced lifters without the possible problems listed in this
> post?

Of course, it's always possible, go ahead and report back here if you
suceed.

Or if need be report back and we'll help you pull your radiator, core
support, grill, alternator, harmonic balancer, timing cover, chain, gear
set, intake, exhaust manifold, valve cover, rockers, head, lifters, and
finally Cam if things didn't work out that great.

All joking aside, all of the lifter and cam manufacturers will tell you
the exact same thing, of course they want to sell you a new cam to go
with your new lifters (or vice versa). So don't let them stop you :)

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Re: 97 wrangler valve lifters...
 

Cal wrote:
> Has anyone replaced lifters without the possible problems listed in this
> post?

Of course, it's always possible, go ahead and report back here if you
suceed.

Or if need be report back and we'll help you pull your radiator, core
support, grill, alternator, harmonic balancer, timing cover, chain, gear
set, intake, exhaust manifold, valve cover, rockers, head, lifters, and
finally Cam if things didn't work out that great.

All joking aside, all of the lifter and cam manufacturers will tell you
the exact same thing, of course they want to sell you a new cam to go
with your new lifters (or vice versa). So don't let them stop you :)

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Re: 97 wrangler valve lifters...
 

Mike Romain wrote:

> My lifters were recently giving a lot of noise at startup and I figured
> a clean needed or maybe old age....
>
> I then changed the oil and tossed the Fram oil filter in the garbage and
> went with a different brand and no more noise...

I had to laugh just now. This brings back a memory that I'd long since
forgotten.

I once owned a '68 Toyota Corona wagon. It actually ran well, but I
remember it had terrible brakes. Anyway, it began making terrible
noises at startup, so I took it in for repair. The dealer diagnosed it
as a bad timing chain and gear, and $300 to fix. I instead traded it in
for a new '78 Corolla, an overpriced piece of junk that I should have
never bought.

Later, I chatted with a dealership mechanic who was fixing yet another
problem on the junky Corolla. I mentioned a Corona wagon, and he
laughed, and said, "I remember that thing; clean wagon, but some idiot
put a Fram filter on it that caused valve noise; we changed it out and
the noise went away, and we sold it for double what we paid him for it."

You can only imagine how stupid I felt.

Re: 97 wrangler valve lifters...
 

Mike Romain wrote:

> My lifters were recently giving a lot of noise at startup and I figured
> a clean needed or maybe old age....
>
> I then changed the oil and tossed the Fram oil filter in the garbage and
> went with a different brand and no more noise...

I had to laugh just now. This brings back a memory that I'd long since
forgotten.

I once owned a '68 Toyota Corona wagon. It actually ran well, but I
remember it had terrible brakes. Anyway, it began making terrible
noises at startup, so I took it in for repair. The dealer diagnosed it
as a bad timing chain and gear, and $300 to fix. I instead traded it in
for a new '78 Corolla, an overpriced piece of junk that I should have
never bought.

Later, I chatted with a dealership mechanic who was fixing yet another
problem on the junky Corolla. I mentioned a Corona wagon, and he
laughed, and said, "I remember that thing; clean wagon, but some idiot
put a Fram filter on it that caused valve noise; we changed it out and
the noise went away, and we sold it for double what we paid him for it."

You can only imagine how stupid I felt.

Re: 97 wrangler valve lifters...
 

Mike Romain wrote:

> My lifters were recently giving a lot of noise at startup and I figured
> a clean needed or maybe old age....
>
> I then changed the oil and tossed the Fram oil filter in the garbage and
> went with a different brand and no more noise...

I had to laugh just now. This brings back a memory that I'd long since
forgotten.

I once owned a '68 Toyota Corona wagon. It actually ran well, but I
remember it had terrible brakes. Anyway, it began making terrible
noises at startup, so I took it in for repair. The dealer diagnosed it
as a bad timing chain and gear, and $300 to fix. I instead traded it in
for a new '78 Corolla, an overpriced piece of junk that I should have
never bought.

Later, I chatted with a dealership mechanic who was fixing yet another
problem on the junky Corolla. I mentioned a Corona wagon, and he
laughed, and said, "I remember that thing; clean wagon, but some idiot
put a Fram filter on it that caused valve noise; we changed it out and
the noise went away, and we sold it for double what we paid him for it."

You can only imagine how stupid I felt.