[94cobra69ss396]

Originally Posted by enkeivette

Who made your bad lifters?

They are the stock Ford lifters with 166,000 miles on them.

Originally Posted by Throttle Crazy

and if they were being bad, why not just put them in time out?

sorry, could'nt resist. In the automotive industry it is completely inacceptable to use the term "bad" to describe a failed part. I have to pound it in to my technicians to keep them from using the term. B.A.R and G.M both do not like it. Every repair order has to have a compaint, cause of failure, and correction. Technicians like to try to use bad as a cause of failure. Example ( performed diagnosis for right front window will not roll up. Tested all powers and grounds to window motor and found "bad" window motor.) How about " tested all powers and grounds to window motor and found window motor has an internal open circuit." The word defective can be used but you still need to describe why on a repair order. So when they do this, I tell them "if the part is bad, try putting it in time out."

Okay, my guess is the piston spring inside the lifter was beginning to fail thus causing less preload which in turn was causing the tapping noise.

[enkeivette]

Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396

They are the stock Ford lifters with 166,000 miles on them.



Okay, my guess is the piston spring inside the lifter was beginning to fail thus causing less preload which in turn was causing the tapping noise.

Who did you replace it with? I run Comps, I've heard good things about them.

[94cobra69ss396]

Originally Posted by enkeivette

Who did you replace it with? I run Comps, I've heard good things about them.

New Ford lifters.

[enkeivette]

Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396

New Ford lifters.

So... Dodge lifters then? :P

[Throttle Crazy]

Originally Posted by enkeivette

Sounds like corporate marketing psyschology more than sensible tech advice. Like the same reasons the cars in video games don't get fucked up when they hit a wall. The manufacturers don't want them to appear unsafe. Here, the manufacturers don't produce "bad" parts either.

But regardless, I'll rephrase my question for you. RON, who manufactured your fucked up lifter? Better?

P.S. My friend Mike, used to be a Mercedes Tech. When a customer told him that the car was making a "funny noise," he would tell them to come back when the noise was "hilarious."

LOL!
What you said about the manufacturers has merit. At GM we do not have recalls, they are campaigns. Also GM vehicles do not have firewalls because the word fire suggests that one could happen, we have bulk heads. I wonder if lawyers could have anything to do with it?
"RON, who manufactured your fucked up lifter? Better?"
Much better!

[Throttle Crazy]

Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396

They are the stock Ford lifters with 166,000 miles on them.



Okay, my guess is the piston spring inside the lifter was beginning to fail thus causing less preload which in turn was causing the tapping noise.

Nice! I think "fucked up" works good to!

[94cobra69ss396]

Originally Posted by Throttle Crazy

Nice! I think "fucked up" works good to!

I don't think GM would approve "fucked up" on the service order though.

[enkeivette]

Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396

I don't think GM would approve "fucked up" on the service order though.

Ford would be cool with it though, it is part of their acronym.

[94cobra69ss396]

Yes but they only use it when talking about GM and Crysler.

[enkeivette]

Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396

Yes but they only use it when talking about GM and Crysler.

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Nope, don't see it in there. :P