<VV> 64 Engine in 65 / Oil leaks
Frank DuVal
corvairduval at cox.net
Sat Mar 24 13:06:32 EST 2007
I agree with Matt.
I have never painted a set of pushrod tubes. Never had time! Vitons
last a long time on bare metal tubes.
Who's gonna look at the nicely painted tubes? The mice living there?
Frank DuVal
TimogensTurbo at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 3/23/2007 10:26:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>bars84crx at hotmail.com writes:
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>>1/2 of the drain tubes move - can't feel any o-rings at all -
>>pure metal to metal.
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>SNIP
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>> Just wish I had some painted push rod tubes ready.
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>Normally the tubes are STUCK tight when aged and having cooked "O-rings" [
>original Buna-M's]
>Hope you don't find what a few have... someone's reamed the holes in the
>head and block! WHY?? no ones ever figured out why..
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>Painted PR tubes.......old wives tale..her name is Richard F. !!! New
>oils..no need to worry about cooking the oil!
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>Besides..if you do the job right..you'll never be under there again!!! LOL!!
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>Matt Nall...west coast
>http://members.aol.com/patiomatt
>lots of info!
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