[car4jim]

I meant no 6 cyl. not no. 7 above. I fished out the lifter pairs from both no. 6 and 7 cylinders. I tried swapping the tap-tap lifter from no. 6 with the lifter pair in no. 7 (not tapping) to see if the tap-tap followed, but was not able to fish the lifter back into no 7 lifter bores. Surgery lasted several hours over three nights. I tried different magnet and hook tools, wire and string to fish back in. I was not able to reinstall lifter in no. 7. Had to stop before violence!! Now dead in the water and need to pull the intake manifold to access lifters to move forward. As I mentioned, I plan to pull the motor. I think I will replace all lifters at this point. Will take Club Cobra forums advice and install Morels. I plan to call Rick over the phone to discuss. I still want to get to the bottom of breaking springs. A labor of love...you guys understand! Typing finger getting tired!! More later.