Hey guys, doing a rebuild on my 5vzfe and came across some info on the net that toyota produced a hydraulic lifter bucket that replaced the old fashioned shimed bucket. Does anybody have any info on this?

 

 

about 1:45-1:50 in he mentions and shows such a thing.

 

Which info you have decided to not share with us?

I'd never heard of this, but Google turned up the DNJ LIF950, which supposedly DOES fit a 3VZE. (The lifters are not "made" by Toyota, of course.)
https://www.yotashop.com/1992-toyota...lifter-lif950/
https://partsology.com/dnj-lif950-lifters-3vze

Aside from shims being, well, challenging, these (supposedly) hydraulic lifters cost less than what I pay for a single shim!

I have 12 lifters of course, so replacing all of them would be over $100. I wonder if you could replace them one at a time? (when a valve is out of spec, and I would otherwise have to buy a shim or two)

Well, probably wouldn't be worth the effort. Unlike replacing a shim, to put in hydraulic lifters the cams would have to come out. Might as well do the whole job ...

 

The only info I had was from the video I posted. Admittedly I was wrong in saying toyota produced such a thing. A call to a dealer didn't produce any results. But what you've found is certainly promising. I'll look into it and see what I find. It kinda helps that my engine and heads are going into a machine shop, so I can compare stock shims to these. Thanks!

 

What makes you think that those 'lifters' are anything but solid buckets that require a selective shim???

 

 

This site https://www.autopartswarehouse.com/e.../dnj/dnjlif950 calls them hydraulic. 'course, that and $5.50 will buy you a cup of coffee. The photos don't look like standard "buckets," but they don't look like much else, either. I tried to find a DNJ website, or any other clearer description, without luck.

So if you're thinking of "upgrading" to hydraulic, you'd better make a few phone calls first.