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After the motor has run for awhile I see evidence of oil in the area around the pushrod tubes. I don't think it's the valve cover gasket. Is it common for these engines to leak at the tubes? I see in the Moss diagram that they say to "swage the tube ends and seal with Blue Locktite". I wonder if the last person who did head work forgot to do this. Someone educate me on "swaging" and I assume this is done when the head is off and being reassembled? Is there a sealer that can fix this properly without pulling the head?
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TR4/4A Pushrod tube leaks?
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Karl,
my old TRs leaked oil around the pushrod tubes and I used a brass plumb bob I had to help flare or swage the ends and it slowed the leak. If locktite is called for I would use green since it's made for assembled fasteners and it wicks really well.
Good luck and let us know how it works.
Rut
my old TRs leaked oil around the pushrod tubes and I used a brass plumb bob I had to help flare or swage the ends and it slowed the leak. If locktite is called for I would use green since it's made for assembled fasteners and it wicks really well.
Good luck and let us know how it works.
Rut
