mercruiser 229V6 heads
Submitted by wazza13974 on Fri, 2009-12-18 20:52
hi all just bought a new boat same old shit told trhe motor was reconditioned but had to rebuild it from the block up have ordered the new manifolds they arrive on tuesday put the heads in to be fully serviced just got them back good job only problem is they changed the valve stems and took off the lifters was told resecuring them is a bit tricky i can rebuild the motor no worries but do not know how to tightend the lifters if anyone out there can help i'm willing to pay cash for your services need the boat in the water in the water for christmas to make the family happy so if anyone can help would be mutch appreciated
cheers warren
fishfish
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lifters ???
Hi Warren not sure If you've got your termanology right, the lifters are not part of the heads, if the heads were stripped to replace the stem seals then I assume they would have re-assembled them to allow for re-fitting { unless you are refering to the retainers and collets ??? then I dont understand why they would'nt have re-assembled them...}
If the lifters have been removed { which it sounds like they have been, these run on the cam} then it is of utmost importance that they go back on the correct lobe which they came off {did you mark them on removal ??}unless you are replacing them with new ones in which case they can go anywhere just make sure they spin when you turn the engine over...
Cheers fishfish....
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not good to see people get
not good to see people get ripped off like that. we got caught out with our boat as well running a mercruiser sposed to be a 350 chev but after a few overheating probs and head gaskets going we replaced the whole motor with a new one. found out the old motor was in fact only a bored out 305 that had some shonky work done on it. good luck with the rebuild sorry i cant help you out but can sympathise with you
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