Does a 292 use the same style of lifters as the 272?

239, 256, 272, 292, and 312 all use the same lifters.

Butch Lawson

Manchester,  TN

Thank's

lamyer: If you are buying new lifters, be careful! There are some off shore lifters out there that are of inferior spec. Might suggest you check with John Mummert in CA or Shumann's Sales in Iowa re reliable spec lifters. Others contributors on the site may have further info...

Paul

There were at least three different types of factory tappets.  Two versions of cast iron, the earlier cast iron ones, first used in the 215 6 cyl, had a lower hardness value than the later ones.  Then the 5120 steel ones.  Certain camshafts, I believe the blower cams and later induction hardened cams, called for the later design cast iron tappets.   

Regards,

Dennis

 It would be great to get to the bottom of this issue of what lifter really works. Just visited with Jerry C. and saw first hand the carnage of a broken lifter. The lower portion or foot was busted right off and into many pieces. No evidence of valve to head or block interference. The lifter itself had a coarse grain look to it,but I've never seen broken stock one to compare it to ,so I don't know if that was an issue. Any one care to chime in on what they've had luck with??? Re-ground stockers,cast or steel??? Mummert's, shumann's, isky's?? Jerry's set came from Shumann's.  Barry

Here's a pic of the broken lifter from JC 's engine .    Barry

Re the failure, was anyone able to tell if that was the root cause or the effect?  I assume that is a cast iron tappet?

Do you know who's tappet?  OEM Ford, aftermarket, off shore, part number, etc ... .

Regards,

Dennis

Not a pretty sight.



Do you know were the tappet was located in the engine..... by the distributor gear by chance?



Was the foot thickness any different from the rest of the lifters as there were some lifters on the market with a thicker foot than original Ford.



marv

I'll have to check with Jerry C. about part numbers. He did say the lifters came from Shumann in a plain white box . Don't know where they were made. The lifter that broke wasn't  near the cam gear..it was second cylinder from the rear on the pass. side, can't remember if it was in. or exh.  What was left of the lifter foot didn't look too thick, nothing looked obvious as to the cause of breakage.   Barry