Runnin'OnEmpty
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A magnet works well. One of those magnetic
pick-up tools is good for this.
pick-up tools is good for this.
Skip the magnets.
Get yourself a pair of long-nose snap ring pliers--you reach down, squeeze the handles, pull the lifter out.
Magnet is by far easier than trying to reach down in a bore and pull the lifter out.Get yourself a pair of long-nose snap ring pliers--you reach down, squeeze the handles, pull the lifter out.
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Magnet is by far easier than trying to reach down in a bore and pull the lifter out.
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Large magnet worked for me.
Also, can anyone think of ANY last things I should be buying/replacing/whatever before this starts getting put back together? I have everything needed for the basic head swap, plus a new water pump, and spark plugs.
You are pretty deep in. The only thing I can think of is to change out the timing chain but the Jeep timing chains tend to hold up pretty well and you would still have a bit of work involved to get at it (timing chain cover, pulling the harmonic balancer) so I would definitely treat this as optional.
Yeah as much ask I'd like to do that, that requires digging a little deeper. I guess I'm pretty set, except for the prep work.
Well, while you have everything opened up, you have a great opportunity to flush out the water jacket. I would make sure to have the head installed first to ensure you don't get any water in the cylinders but it might be a good idea to take this opportunity to blast some water through the open water pump ports to try to flush out any accumulated rust, gunk and other crap. It won't make your Jeep run any better but it will give you a good base to put everything back together and may help cooling.
THAT is definitely something I'd like to do. I was planning on a coolant flush once it was all back together, but if I could clean the crap out of the water jacket I'd feel much better. Any DIY thread out there on that?
When I had mine apart I just stuck the end of a garden hose into one side and cranked it open. I was amazed by how much crud came out. I stopped after the water appeared to clear (a couple of minutes).
I just stuck it in the big hole where the water pump used to be. If you look closely you will see that the #1 cylinder sits a little off center in that hole so you can spray the water on an angle past that cylinder and it will create a flow that will wrap around the cylinders and come back out the same hole. I found that it worked best when I sprayed the water towards the passenger side so that it travelled to the back turned around at #6 and back out the same hole it went into.
HTH
Todd