Cheap ebay lifters?
09-22-2021, 10:59 AM
#11
TECH Resident
You get what you pay for. They are that cheap for a reason. Is saving a couple hundred buck worth having to replace the motor in a few months?
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09-22-2021, 10:59 AM
#12
I pull non afm lifters out of every used LS I buy, dismantle, clean, inspect and reassemble. I use them in engines too.... a good lifter is a good lifter. Never ever buy the China versions, although today, even the GM ones are probably all china versions lol.
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09-23-2021, 09:25 AM
#13
Ive got a lot of pictures from engines ive torn down with Ebay parts.
Melling, Elgin, GM, and Johnson lifters are the only ones ive never had a failure from.
Pulled a 6.2 a couple months ago for a guy. He used Ebay Lifters and when it come apart it shoved the axle to one side and gouged the lifter bore. Had to use a punch and beat the lifter out the bottom. Trying to save a couple hundred dollars cost him a new Cam Motion camshaft and enough metal went through the oil pump to scare the gears. And took awhile to fix it.
Melling, Elgin, GM, and Johnson lifters are the only ones ive never had a failure from.
Pulled a 6.2 a couple months ago for a guy. He used Ebay Lifters and when it come apart it shoved the axle to one side and gouged the lifter bore. Had to use a punch and beat the lifter out the bottom. Trying to save a couple hundred dollars cost him a new Cam Motion camshaft and enough metal went through the oil pump to scare the gears. And took awhile to fix it.
09-23-2021, 10:07 AM
#15
I was worried about it so i used 20w50 and it pegged the gauge even letting coolant temp get up to 240*. Drained 20w50 and put 5w20 in it and it would peg the gauge on cold start.
He beats the crap out of it everyday since and hasnt had any problems yet.
09-23-2021, 10:50 AM
#16
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09-23-2021, 11:58 AM
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09-26-2021, 06:38 AM
#18
Imagine being so cheap you're willing to cost yourself a motor to save a couple bucks. I don't care if you can "get a 5.3 for $300 at the yard" You still gotta pull yours, clean the other one (maybe pull the other one), maybe reseal it, put it in, find out it its got no compression on #7, pull it back out, buy another $300 5.3 (maybe have to pull that one too) whilst trying to return the first $300 5.3 but the return window has closed because they only offer 14 day returns and its hard to do a motor swap while working 7 days a week to pay for the motor you just blew up with $80 ebay lifters
Johnson's are trouble free and $440 a set or so. Some places it makes sense to save a buck; the inside of your motor is not that place
Johnson's are trouble free and $440 a set or so. Some places it makes sense to save a buck; the inside of your motor is not that place
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