OK Folks, below is description of a product from AirCooled: spring loaded push rod tubes. I just copy/pasted, so formatting is ??? My stock tubes leak a bit and would be REAL cool if I could fix that. What would the cognoci here say about all of this?
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Kelly,
I used Jaycee Push Rod Tubes when I re-did mine in January of 2016 and I have been very happy overall with the quality. I bought them from CB Performance. They weren't the cheapest set and they weren't the most expensive. I've had good luck with Jaycee products and I've had great luck with these.
I'll tell you thought hat when you install them start with the tubes closest to the front of the car and work back. Your hands will be slippery from oil so if you have a 1-1.5" wide piece of leather handy it'll help. Wrap the leather around the tube in a U-shape and pinch it tightly with channel locks or something and it'll give you a good grip on the tube to compress it. The springs are really strong.
Here's my write up from when I did mine:
And guess who saw that tech piece and thanked you for it at the time?? Me!!
Will go check CB performance and see what they offer.
El Frazoo posted:And guess who saw that tech piece and thanked you for it at the time?? Me!!
Will go check CB performance and see what they offer.
Yes you did Kelly.
Ordered a set from Air Cooled. A winter project . . .
Hadn't driven the car in about 6 weeks
Looked the car over before a quick drive.
Drip pan full of oil....
Jaycee Pushrod Tubes Ordered
To me, this leak isn’t a part failure, but an installation error. Look at the seal on the 3rd tube back. Looks like it got pinched while being put together.
I agree. Someone wasn't paying attention when putting that tube in.
You'll be happy with the spring loaded pushrod tubes, either the ones from Air Cooled or CB.
Installation tip: Assemble the tubes for installation (with springs, gaskets & o-rings in place), then compress the springs -- Hold the springs compressed with a zip-tie. Now the tubes are short enough to hand position between the hole in the case and the hole in the head. When happy with tube/hole alignment -- Clip the zip-tie to spring the tubes into place.
I found that wrapping a piece of leather around the tube allowed me to grip the tube to compress it in to place.
The JayCee springs are strong, and they are the only pushrod tubes I'll use, because they don't leak. I guess that's why they're called NO-Leak!
Not an easy process.
Pushrod tube had to be fully compressed to get it in.
I mean fully....
When I had to replace my rocker arm shafts I also replaced all of the pushrod tubes with CB Perf. 1558 threaded tubes. I love 'em. They don't leak. They're a pretty blue, but no one knows that because you can't see them under there!
Unfortunately, they're no longer available from CB so if they ever need replacing (and I don't see why, because they all came with three sets of internal O-Rings and they're adjustable) I'll probably install a spring-loaded set.
