Foxy Green Foxbody Build

Steve439 said:
That works OK if you do like he does, and don't wipe them off after polishing.
This leaves the "lapping compound" in the small end, which serves to remove any imperfections left from the tool.

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he mentioned he uses a flap wheel in the die grinder. im not sure how i feel about it.
 
89 Fox 427 said:
I'm bleeding money into it as usual.

Waiting on new pushrods. And I just sent the shit lifter back to the guy so he can measure and send the shit lifter back to his guy so he can send the shit lifter back to Johnson so they can tell me there's nothing wrong with it
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This time i'm actually angry for you man. You spent good money to avoid this bs, and Johnson has boxed a piece of junk.
 
Fuck Johnson lifters. There's been enough failures the past few years, and now this, for me to call it.
 
89 Fox 427 said:
I'm bleeding money into it as usual.

Waiting on new pushrods. And I just sent the shit lifter back to the guy so he can measure and send the shit lifter back to his guy so he can send the shit lifter back to Johnson so they can tell me there's nothing wrong with it
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Thee ole lifter run around, hopefully this mfr gets right this time.
 
FuckTheInternet said:
The cat avatar dude for one example that i now have on ignore wants me dead because i tell guys they can run factory stuff and go fast instead of fattening his wallet with chinese junk parts sales.
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Yep.

Last week I was perusing "Mercenary Times" and he has an ad in there offering a "Paid Vacation to Australia and Spending Money" to a guy with the right background.
 
Here is a possibility.

If you can't get that pair of lifters to fit you could use the best pair out of the other set.

I wouldn't do it, but I thought of it and I decided that I shouldn't make the decision not to mention it.

Other than pushrod lengths being different, do both sets use the same fraction of a turn for preload?
 
Moparboy440 said:
Do yourself a favor and send all those iffy lifters back and buy a new set from a reputable source. Who knows where this set comes from and what they have been through?
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That would make me feel better, but these would be paper weights as i have no receipt. They were in a sealed box, exactly how they would come from Johnson. I have verified with Johnson who they came from, and he is in fact a dealer for them. No one is happy about it at this point.
 
89 Fox 427 said:
That would make me feel better, but these would be paper weights as i have no receipt. They were in a sealed box, exactly how they would come from Johnson. I have verified with Johnson who they came from, and he is in fact a dealer for them. No one is happy about it at this point.
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Except the guy who has your money. If he gave two shits he would refund it and send another set.
 
What's weird is I have a set of Howards SBF hydraulic roller lifters new in the box and they have the same fuzzy cardboard lint as yours. Never have seen this kind of swarf before.

Makes a person wonder if someone is inserting their Chinese lifters in boxes with fake labels on them.

These lifters look exactly like Howards, but the Howards logo is not laser etched into the link as usual.
 
Howards was selling Johnson lifters under their Howards name. Not sure if they are still doing it or not.

Here's a good used set. These are solids, Howards box, Johnson etched lifters

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www.ebay.com
 
KwiknFast said:
What's weird is I have a set of Howards SBF hydraulic roller lifters new in the box and they have the same fuzzy cardboard lint as yours. Never have seen this kind of swarf before.

Makes a person wonder if someone is inserting their Chinese lifters in boxes with fake labels on them.

These lifters look exactly like Howards, but the Howards logo is not laser etched into the link as usual.
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look back a few yrs ago on that valve body ordeal summit was selling counterfits. i recall.
 
The guy spent 20 minutes trying to find the issue with the lifter because they measured identical.

He tried putting it into an FE block and said they slid in but one felt grittier. Checked again and found it. Asked if I tried pushing on the lifter to get it in and I said no way I wasn't about to do that.

Took a diamond hone to it, and he's sending it back to me Monday.
 
On another note, something I noticed.

If I use thick assembly lube and drop lifters in they slowly lower themselves into the hole. If I use wd40 they drop right in.

I know this doesn't tell me lifter bore clearance precisely, but does that sound normal or tight?
 
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