Well, like I said, I could outline the situation from every angle, but really, the car's got to get gone and I am not spending another 130 bucks on a flatbed to move it if I can avoid it. There's a lot of reasons I need this car complete while it's in storage as well. That is the last possibilty I can explore, the one where it goes to storage and the car doesn't run. I do not have heated storage and I do not have convenient storage. It's far away, cold, and in a concrete building. I need to be able to get the car running from time to time, go through the gears, use the heater, brakes, etc, or my time to get the car ready in the spring takes about a month. I've tried that route and it really stinks in my experience


Without those lifters, my lifter galley would not pressurise properly. there's a large galley behind there on each side that feeds each lifter. Each has it's own well and oil passageway that links to the next. I looked at it the other day. Lifters really need to be in there.

In any event, that's not a good way to break in the cam, with 14 lobes broken in only.

Thanks for the suggestions, but the no-lifter option is not one I can explore, and the flatbed takes money out of my pocket that I need for the repair of the vehicle, plus, getting it into my storage with no power is not easy, it's a 4,000 lb car that needs to get pushed basically up a hill in that case, which I have done once and I didn't like it.

Trust me on this one, the easiest solution is to put the engine back together. I need a lifter.