The joys of adjustable lifters

[Lynn Eades]

Tony, If you have still a bare block, and Darrin, for your next V8 rebuild, drill the hole in the side of the lifter bore (Ford called the lifter a pushrod)
This allows you to insert a small Allen key in the hole and into the body of the lifter. This lets you easily hold the lifter while making the screw adjustment. It makes a future valve lash adjustment (with heads still on) "easy" (all relative) What you also need to do is deburr the hole inside the bore. This I found more difficult than drilling the hole. It is important though, because any wee dent you make to the edge is going to push metal into the lifter bore. If you have a bevelled edge it won't happen.
If I had used the hollow lifters, it would have been dead easy. Next time!
Thanks for the responses guys.