Just got my new stock replacement lifters from scoggin dickey . Was just wondering if they are like old school hydraulic lifters where you have to submerge them in oil and pump them in order to prime them up before you install or do you let the motor prime them up itself? Thanks!

 

manual says just assembly lube when you put it all together... then just poor some oil on the valve system when done... then you should be good....

 

I have some comp cams old school assembly lube, that should work huh? Valve stem on the heads?

 

yeah any assem lube workds fine..... not just the stems... basicly with covers off you just splash oil everywhere

 

Ok.... How is that gonna help the lifters prime. I have been done quite a bit of work on the truck and never heard of that method. I pushed on them and they almost seem to be primed already.

 

oh no no no.... i didn't mean anything related to priming the lifter.... that should all be good.... just telling you what the manual says when you install new head components

 

Oh ok. I got it now. I was like this either im a dumbass or this Les Paul dood fell of the deep end. JFWY.

So i dont have to prime the lifter. Like i said, i got a pushrod and pushed the hell out of it and it didnt budge like it was already primed. Just curious.

 

I read that most guys on LS1Tech usually submerge them in Oil for awhile. I don't know which is right but it could not hurt anything.

 

well you should always dip them in oil....... i thought that was a given

 

Cut up a milk jug. Let them soak in oil for a while.