Hi gang Any of you know where i can buy non adjustable valve lifters for the french flathead,its a 255 or can i replace them with adjustable ones? Thx,LB Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
We just put in some Johnson adjustables in our French block only cos everything else was new , bigger cam and bigger valves. As far as I am aware there is no difference. But heck adjustable are so easy when you slip in a big cam.
The French flathead block lifters are identical to the Ford flathead so you can use any adjustable lifters made for the flathead V-8 block.
So i can use adjustables instead of non adjustables,or am i wrong? Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Correct get the adjusters with either the slot or hollow with the slot right through . Dill a 1/8 hole in the lifter bore approx 3/8 down or with a bigger cam they will need to down further ( ask me how I know) and slip pin punch into the hole and adjust up or down . Way easier than the correct Johnson tools when you need to use one for up and the other for down , in the little holes in the upper face of the lifter.
Definitely use the adjustables, WITH the slots, as Kiwi mentioned.......Much easier. Happy Roddin !, 4TTRUK
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