Ah, wait and see seems like good advice. Good advice all around. Thanks!

On Jul 7, 2011 4:14 PM, "Mark Dearing" <VWBrain@aol.com> wrote:
>
> I am with Scott on this. I have seen old aircooled cases where the lifters
> just wouldn't slide in and out of without honing. had one today do it.
pays
> to  check each hole seperately  later  mark d
>
>
> In a message dated 7/7/2011 4:35:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM writes:
>
> it  depends on how the new lifters fit.
> I have had to work on one lifter bore  for an hour  ( on a vw diesel) to
get
> a new lifter to fit.
>
> so  'it depends' .
> with luck..the new lifters will slide in without a sloppy  fit ,
> and not be terribly tricky to get started in the bore  either.