<VV> push rod tubes (solved I think)

Ramon Rodriguez III corvairgrymm at gmail.com
Tue Dec 13 17:37:21 EST 2011


Bob Helt got it right =)  Push tubes were installed backwards, I put them
in the same way they came out so whomever did the job previously had them
in wrong (which explains why they were leaking badly but I discovered still
supple o-rings when I took them out).

As far as the guide plates, "I thought I was wrong but I was mistaken"
=P    Turns out all the guide plates are installed properly after all, the
U on some of them in just very faint.  I didn't remember about the U when I
did this job a few weeks back so this means that I was careful to make sure
they didn't get flipped over.

Presently I've got one side fixed (push tubes turned around).  Now I just
have to hope the month old Viton O-rings don't object too strongly to being
pulled out and put in again.  It's dinner time, then back out to finish the
other side and get the valves adjusted.  The push tubes feel snug the way
they should now that I'm installing them the right way.  When they came out
and went in so easily the first time around I should have investigated
further.

Thanks for all the help!
-- 
Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez III
Lake Ariel, PA
1966 Corsa 140 coupe (daily driver)
1965 Corsa 180 coupe (under construction)
1965 Corsa 140 coupe (for sale/under construction)
1963 Monza PG coupe (daily driver)
1962 Monza PG coupe (under construction)


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