Re: 56 V8 valve lifters

Posted by PackardV8 On 2015/7/25 22:00:11

From the X-ref comments:
" Packard V8 hydraulic
valve lifters: Melling JB
879 or SealedPower HT
879. DO NOT USE THE
2011 LIFTER !!!!!!!! I
have the JB879
installed in my 56
Executive. When i pulled
it apart there were 2
replacement types in
there that i have
reasons to believe came
from one of the major
suppliers. The 879
lifters are identicle to
the 2 replacements i
found in the engine
EXCEPT for the shape of
the pushrod seat. The
879 has apushrod seat
identicle to the factory
lifters that was in the
car."