As i just changed the cambelt, i figured i may as well change my tappetts as the old ones sounded like a bag of nails since i put the cam in, but they just wont come out, they move freely enuff when the pully is turned but wont come out at all, I got one out and fitted the new one which moves fine and comes out no probs, but cant move the others, I took one of the old ones apart and used a pliers to grip it and yank it out, but like the others they wont move past a certain lenght, any one got any ideas please?

 

use the power of a bear and yank the fuckers out

 

Strong magnet?

 

Cossie? Valve grinding sucker stick.

RST? Bottom are hammered and splayed outwards.. may damage bore.. good luck

 

Mole gripes round the body of the tappet and twist it and pull at the same time it will come out but they can be tight

 

cheers, having a beer and gonna get them fookers out tomorrow morning,

 

A strong magnet deffo work, used that method myself when I stripped & sold my old head as I had one to hand at work & was too pikey to buy a Valve Grinding Sucker Stick

 

if its an RST it wont it would have to be one of those that they use to pick car up in the scrappy!
you will just need to use a pair of mole grip but be carefull not to rag them abou to much as it will fuck the bore where they sit

 

Whoops, yes I was talking about a Cossie. If it is an RST then I have no clue

 

Take the cam out drop them thru into cam channel and remove them out of the distributor end of head...... DO NOT force them out the usual route or you WILL damage the head

 

gra, you ARE jim fucking galbally !!!!

 

fucking tell me about it, but at least i should be able to get the fookers out with no damage, thing is they came out fine whe i did the cam so
anyway i aint blow nothing up yet so take that comment back and keep it for a week or two