Choosing a Lifter

Good afternoon 

KENO wrote: Good afternoon  Just a regular replacement lifter for a 351w since it's a regular stock rebuild you're doing. A couple of part numbers you could use are  Sealed Power HT900 Melling JB900

Just to clarify my note.   Topline, Johnson and Hylift are all the same product, Topline owns the old Johnson Hylift lifter manufacturer formerly owned by Sealed Power.   If you can find lifters available with he 1/8” thick hard plate on the foot mod the lifter those would be the Eaton design and are first quality product also.

I forgot about the specialty lifters like Howards.   They cost much more but offer very high quality.

Yep, Topline bought the plant and is selling to other companies.   The plant was the Johnson Hylift plant.  Sealed Power owned it but shut it down when the price of lifters fell to under $1 each in the late 1990’s.   It sat idle for several years before Topline purchased it and got it running again, by then lifter prices had come up substantially and Topline was able to make money on the company.

In this highly incestuous industry of auto parts, where you might be married to your cousin, and your uncle might be your father, maybe this once upon a time was right, but these days you see parts like an HT900 Ford lifter from Sealed Power in a box that says that it's hecko'd in Mexico. 

MrMcD wrote: Not at all, there are imports, Moresa out of Mexico and several from China.  The Howards are what most racers buy but they are very expensive for a regular rebuild.   I think Topline offers the best of what is left of manufacturing for standard duty lifters.

Looks like I have a nomination for top line. Do I have a second?

KENO wrote: Sure, why not   (or one of their relatives)   Johnson Hy'Lift part number is A-0900

Sold!

The Sealed Power part #.   HT900 might pop up if you search.  Maybe it will show country of origin so you can choose.   Normally there is the standard lifter, Lifter sold as a single, in a 16 pack, 4 pack or bulk, 144 lifters in a flat.   There used to be a performance version which was anti pump up also.  Might account for the part numbers you are finding.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     P;

KENO wrote: It seems like somebody early on in this thread (post #2)said Mellings or Sealed Power were good choices and gave some part numbers

MrMcD wrote: Here you go, old school Sealed Power lifters.  That box is from the 1990's so those are old Sealed Power Manufactured lifters.  HT900 https://www.ebay.com/itm/314277811976?epid=169387634&hash=item492c6ad708:g:FWIAAOSwQxNjnKtp&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4LIvhwPztZmkVl1yj75QPmc3Ccq0Iw8e1P62RvDjCcmlwpMIb5WVoSUvRyOqpvjg491AxBv0IBg36yY1dyBeOcLAaZEzL9V6PbUyhmyS7cjq8b5dwftRT%2Bc6RCQfnmUOP74%2BLGxuhKtBmf7VCenncfEOVGwRU2zm61pZw1cd2k5NYkA8QGGlPx1D0E5fnaQAEdTWkC0xZ4Dkxqdon6uTv8xEmcSnslMJf5f3LAGMpFj%2B32K9Gt%2F1Pm9Yttk3ljIytRqYOfbP5Z4jiVPr8vKmq%2F3ReQtFc0VH4xVEZlFfpc5F%7Ctkp%3ABFBMtPv-6txh See if you can get a picture to be sure they have not been exposed to rust on the lifters from moisture in the air.