..Now that we are on the sugject of removing lifters.. ...I have yet to try it on an inline but on small block lifters that have the build up under the bore that make them difficult to remove...I learned to pull each lifter up as far as possible so the camshaft will slide out..the make a craddle like piece outta cardboard the fits clear back to the last lifter and tap each one down to let it fall into the vee of the cradle and use a magnet with a long extension to draw each one out one at a time...Of course we don't run into soft camshafts like we used to...