[V8] Warning from the Audigods!

[Tony and Lillie]

I'm very methodical about all of this type of work. If you lay it out on a bench with rags all around (i use the standard red shop rags) and set everything outjust as it comes out, you should have no problem putting it back together. The check balls are the hardest, but usually you can clearly see the groove that they sit in. I've done quite a few different ones through the years, and never had a problem using this method. 

This is also the method I used with the lifters I just cleaned (thanks again Nick) and they went back together easy as could be!

BTW, great idea on the petroleum Jelly. Never thought of that one.

Tony
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  Yea, taking a valve body apart isn't the tough part, putting it back together is.  Honestly, I've done 3 chevy 700r4 auto's and I wouldn't touch a valve body without a diagram of where all the balls and check valves go.  You can really eff it up if it doesn't go back in.   You could always take a picture though.

  Petroleum jelly is a great tool for putting them back together.  You put some in where the ball is supposed to go and it doesn't move around or fall out after that.  very usefull.