Thread: New lifter ajustment after rebuild

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I,ve rebuilt a chevy 327. I put new lifters and cam in. The lifters are not ofcourse not built up with oil. My question is- How tight should I get the push rods before the frist crank up. How will I be able to tell the correct pressure. What I,m going is bump the motor around untill each piton is a tdc on compression. And tighten the nut downwhere there is no play. Is that a good way to do it. Or is there a better way? Thanks, John.

Bring each cylinder to TDC (compression). Roll the pushrod between your fingers as you tighten the nut. When you get to zero play, tighten it another half turn.

Bear in mind that some folks have different ideas . . . full turn, half turn, quarter turn . . . just about every combination. I use a half turn, and it works fine.