Subject	It's not a good idea to invert the lifters or any used motor
Posted by	Bernie (NoVA) on September 07, 2014 at 8:09 PM
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In Reply To	Has anyone flipped the fully assembled engine; long block, posted by Tanley on September 07, 2014 at 04:07 PM
Message	for that matter. Any settled dirt and crud can get stirred up. Bernie Bilski berniebilski@cox.net 1995 Nissan 300ZX TwinTurbo in Cobalt Green 1997 Nissan 240SX SE in Ultra Red ZCCNV #390 ~ ECZA #368
Follow Ups	vg weight - Dane (Houston) 22:06:32 09/06/14 see nothing (n/m) - LivinTheDream 22:36:26 09/06/14 Re: vg weight - Dane (Houston) 23:31:26 09/06/14 so if it was fully loaded - Halo TTZ 01:09:30 09/07/14 Hmmmm, that's odd.... - 300ZMang 09:28:32 09/07/14 they dont weight that stuff (n/m) - Dane (Houston) 22:47:54 09/07/14 Ok good, was hoping that! Keep up the good work (n/m) - 300ZMang 08:01:34 09/08/14 Has anyone flipped the fully assembled engine; long block, - Tanley 16:07:47 09/07/14 Flipped as in rotated or as in accidentally dumped it over? - ZXoltan 17:14:17 09/07/14 Rotated, how difficult? Could you do this by yourself? (n/m) - Tanley 17:22:07 09/07/14 Yes, its heavy, but can be done - ZXoltan 18:10:51 09/07/14 Yeah I just grab it from the front of the heads and flip it - -Grimm- 18:45:27 09/07/14 Thanks for the info. (n/m) - Tanley 18:48:39 09/07/14 It's not a good idea to invert the lifters or any used motor - Bernie (NoVA) 20:09:56 09/07/14 I have, that's how I changed my rod bearings last winter - Zvil (FL) 21:56:45 09/07/14 Have you run it since then? - bartz32tt 12:30:40 09/08/14 I put about 18k miles on it since - Zvil (FL) 21:03:54 09/08/14 no adverse effects - aliaZ 15:41:13 09/10/14 Re: vg weight - BLACKBEAST 18:36:31 09/07/14 Hicas solenoid, lines all the way to rear 13.5 lbs - wickdGSXR 17:10:08 09/08/14
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