Lifter remover: A coat hanger wire with a little hook on the end. Put the
little hook (actually about a 45 degree bend) in the oil hole and pull
the lifter out.

Stan Wilder

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 18:46:01 -0500 Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
writes:
> The lifter can usually be removed with a magnet. If that fails due to
> a
> carbon ridge or the lifter mushrooming, then a lifter remover is
> the
> tool to use. A lifter remover is basically a small slide hammer
> with
> expanding fingers that lock onto the snap ring groove at the top of
> the
> lifter.
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf
> Of Larry Alofs
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 6:14 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Mixing Marvel and Redline?
>
> Dennis Haynes wrote:
> >
> > Just letting the engine idle with or without the Marvel will allow
> the
> > lifter to eventually pump up. The reality here is that you have a
> bad
> > lifter. When you have the noise, remove the valve covers. Turn
> the
> > engine to TDC for each cylinder and then check the rockers to find
> the
> > loose lifter. When found, the lifter can be replaced with along
> with a
> > 2- piece push rod tube.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
>
> Thanks for the post, Dennis.  I too have been having lifter
> trouble.
>   After removing the push rod and destroying the old tube, how does
> one
> get the old lifter out?
>
> Larry A.
>
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