At 10:22 AM -0500 3/21/99, John Reynolds wrote: >Help! - I just can't get seem to get the these things to seat properly. >The Haynes and Wilson book just says push them in, but it ain't (at least >for me) that easy. Muir says to use visegrips on the tube and bang them >- Well I'm not going to follow that route (although that was necessary to >remove the originals) These are new tubes, seals and I lubed them. I >put a large washer on the end on the tube and banged that, put even >still, it just doesn'e seem to go in as far as one wihout seals installed First try grabbing the tube with a shop rag and twisting as you apply inward pressure. If that doesn't work, take one of the old pushrod tubes and place the big end up against the big end of the pushrod tube that you are installing. Now you can put some serious weight against it. Be careful not to pinch the seals while they're going in - keep an eye on them as you go. -David
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