Mercruiser 500efi lifter replacement???
 

I have to replace my lifters in my 500efi. Teague marine said crane cams 13532 will be direct replacement and is a bar style lifter. Also said will work with stock pushrod length. I am concerned they will not work with stock pushrods. Does anyone know if they will and does anyone have experience with these lifters. Thanks

I heard that the stock lifters were a odd length to begin with, something Mercury Racing did for some reason. Is it true you can actually get by with a standard BBC lifter and different size push rods for a lot less? If the case what lifters and what length pushrods? 850 for a set of lifters seems crazy to me.

Aren't these the OEM dog bone style lifters

Yes, least that is what was already in the motors.

OP I have a brand new in the boxes 1 full set of OE lifters if you dont want to go tie-bar style, GM# 17120061

Here is 1 of my projectshttps://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...ae828d860b.jpg

should be the same lifter, I can measure the body if need to ?

Runina, how many hours on the valves/lifters since last rebuild? I have a pair of 500EFI with 250 hours and trying to gauge if its 'time' or not to get the top end done....

I did my top end at around 200hrs, only because I was getting a little water reversion because of the silent choice set up and I had to pull the heads anyway because one of the exhaust ports was showing a little corrosion from the water. Did away with the silent choice and it's been all good since.

Thanks, i assume your application is salt water? I am fresh water. Going to have leak down and compression done and see where i am at and make a decision then based on the numbers.