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1993 2.5L lifter replacement?

I own a 1993 Wrangler with the 2.5l engine. After about 130,000 miles my lifters are starting to get noisy, especially on those cold mornings. Being, a only if I have to backyard mechanic I decided to look in my Chilton's Manual to see how involved of a job it would be to replace the lifters myself. Chilton's gives a very vague description of how to replace the lifters. However it doesn't seem like to big of a job they way the show it. Does anybody know of someplace on the web where I might find more info for the do-it-yourselfer like me? The way they describe it is basically pulling the valve cover, pulling the rockers and pushrods, and use a special tool to pull them (the lifters) out. Is this all I have to do? How hard are they to get out with the special tool and where might I get this tool. It seems after looking around, that the lifters themselves are fairly cheap. For as cheap and a easy as it seems I can't afford not to do it myself. Can anyone help me out or point me in the right direction?

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Cliff
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L.W.(ßill)

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Steve G

I did the lifters on a 2.5 93 YJ last summer and it can be done with out pulling the head. Be prepared to fiddle a bit and don't expect to be able to pull them with a magnet like Chiltons says. You will need a lifter removal tool that pops into the top of the lifter and when it is tightened down it will clamp on the outer lips of the lifter, even with this tool the lifters may be a bit hard to pull due to resin build up. Once they are out drop the new ones in with a dab of lithium grease on top of the lifter and be sure to replace the pivots and rockers while your at it ...... tourque everything bake to spec's and replace the valve cover with a new neoprene gasket. I had never done this before and I just followed the Chilton or was it Haynes manual instructions.

It was not complicated at all.....

An example of lifter puller can be seen here.... item 2210

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Jeepster

bake ???? what an ironic typo that was.

I forgot to menti>I did the lifters on a 2.5 93 YJ last summer and it can be done with

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Jeepster

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