Re: Help needed with stuck lifter in my 1929 348

Posted by DaveSmith On 2012/11/11 17:26:48

Hi Owen,

thank you very much for the help.

the lifter goes up & down just fine, and no woble.
i put my finger in the rocker opening and felt the bottom of the lifter and the ones near it, it did not feel like there was damage.

now, when this happened while driving down the road, the car had backfired when i started it. i did not mention this before because this has never happened, but from what i have seen in the past some times a backfire can cause a bent pushrod in more modern cars, could that apply here?

i have a dental mirror and will check in the spark plug hole in a day or so to see if anything is in there.

now, about the hardend pad. it looks like it is rivited or spot welded. how are they attached?


Dave