Crap,

With my infinite fatigue, I posted this in a thread for low oil pressure. I also PM's the OP with, who is probably scratching his head right now.

All that you will need to replace those lifters.

1. The lifters (duh)
2. Replacement head bolts (optional, but I HIGHLY suggest you use new ones)
3. New head gasket
4. Intake/exhaust manifold gasket. (it’s one gasket)
5. Antifreeze (you will be draining the coolant, good time for a flush)
6. Teflon thread sealer
7. 13mm deepwell socket
8. Torque wrench capable of measuring 120ft. lbs. (you can 'rent' these from parts stores. You own a jeep, this is a good investment)
9. Valve cover gasket (optional)
10. The Factory Service Manual pages for head removal and replacement. (I can send you a copy of those pages.)
11. Oil (gotta change it)
12. Filter (this too)

The headbolt located nearest the driver (against the firewall) is too tall to clear the firewall. I used an angle grinder and cut off the protruding stud. The ground strap is attached here, but you can easily relocate it to the fuel rail mount. The ground works just as well. When reinstalling, I cut the new bolt as well. It makes it easy to get the 13mm socket on for torquing.
It took a solid day for me to do this my first time. I had the head off in less than an hour, and back on in less than 3 the second time.
Price the parts listed above and see if you are still going to go ahead with the project. If you are, I can provide a step by step list from start to finish for you.
Good luck.

 

I almost forgot... don't get in a hurry to get the job done then as you go to put the rods in realize you forgot the lifts.

Definitely don't copper coat the headgasket either. Holy wheaties batman was it a mother to get off with a 4 ft pry bar in one of the exhaust ports.

 

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Make sure you set aside plenty of time and have a place to set all of your parts aside. Organization was the key to making this job easier.

 

Don't forget to drain the coolant before prying the head off the block. I filled 5 and 6 and had to shop vac all of them out. Wasn't a huge deal but it was a pain.

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Lolol....SURPRIIIISE

 

Oh, suck

 

lol yeah I was like no wonder it was running like crap, look at all this coolant in my cylinders!

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I have a 1996 jeep Grand Cherokee 6 banger with bad lifters. I too was looking for a way to change them without pulling my head and I found this Vid on you tube.....Pull valve cover remove rockers and pull lifters out using a lifter removal tool. This worked perfectly adn I replaced 2 bad lifters. Cost me 12 dollars for lifters, 10 bucks for tool and 9 bucks for valve cover gasket

 

That is a pretty sweet piece of information! Thanks for sharing!

 

Where did you get the tool and the parts?

 

That is GM tool j-29834, google for it you will find some copies around

 

I'm pretty sure you can get them out with a magnet as well. Look at your autoparts store for them. Look like a pen with a magnet. You might fight it down as it's going to stick to everything.

 

The tool is 8 bucks on Amazon. Even if it doesn't work I'm only out 8 bucks.

 

That video shows a 4 cylinder. Those lifters can be replaced without removing the cylinder head..

The 4.0L has holes in the head smaller than the lifter. Much smaller. So the head has to be removed.