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| ====== Pushrod Tubes ====== | ====== Pushrod Tubes ====== | ||
| - | **Pushrod tube orientation by Dr Dick** ((http://xlforum.net/forums/showpost.php?p=3855693&postcount=11)) \\ | + | ===== Pushrod Tube Orientation ===== |
| + | The 1959-1969 Service manual has an (errored) illustration of the pushrod tube assembly. \\ | ||
| + | The illustration shows the bottom tube upside down with the flared end facing the tappet block. \\ | ||
| + | This is incorrect and has been corrected in the 1970-1978 as well as the 1979-1985 service manuals. \\ | ||
| + | The flat end goes down and the flared end goes up. \\ | ||
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| + | And here is why. (Pushrod tube orientation by Dr Dick) ((http://xlforum.net/forums/showpost.php?p=3855693&postcount=11)) \\ | ||
| Pushrod tubes seal in 3 places. 2 of those, the upper and lower corks, seal on their flat faces. \\ | Pushrod tubes seal in 3 places. 2 of those, the upper and lower corks, seal on their flat faces. \\ | ||
| Now think about the center cork. What does it seal? \\ | Now think about the center cork. What does it seal? \\ | ||
