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October 10th 07, 07:39 PM
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pushrod tube leak
On Oct 10, 9:52 am, "Tri-Pacer" wrote:
"Dick" wrote in message news:_a3Pi.4046$ln.2730@trnddc07... The engine is a C85 and somebody at field said it had swaged tubes...I haven't looked yet but how can swaged tubes be removed? Sometimes I get confused when asking before looking G. Thanks. "John Kunkel" wrote in message ... http://www.realgaskets.com/files/hor...tm#continental On a C-85, I once fixed a leaky lower boot by taking off the retaining rings and massaging the boot with a silicon lubricant, then slipping the boot back on. The engine was relatively new and I think the boot had been caught somehow on the original assembly. Did not require any disassembly, but was a bear to get to!! Ercoupe. YMMV. Bill Hale 
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