whats the best way to clean all the carbon off?
I tried WD-40, pb blaster, and seafoam with no effect......

 

I used Castrol SuperClean and a scotchbrite pad - just wear rubber gloves

 

quick question, the installed height that I see for the 1218 springs are 1.8in
I am alittle over, at about 1.85

I am assuming the 1.8 is the tallest, but 1.77-1.80 is fine......right?
Thats what I have seen around.......also, does it matter what shims I get?

 

Only way to tell about the lifters is if your oil had metal in it, then the lifters do, if it doesn't the lifters aren't going too. If you spun a bearing the lifters might be junk so it's time to replace them.

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My 396 spun #4 main. Pieces of bearing material are laying in the lifter valley.
I was hoping to salvage the cam/lifters/tc/rods/heads, buy a new set of pistons and build a stock crank 355 with a fresh block. It would suck to loose another $300+ if I can't re-use a set of Morel lifters.
Can they be disassembled and cleaned?