On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 23:06:41 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Nathan Young" wrote


If it is thin enough to bend with visegrips, could you cut it with a
set of large bolt cutters?Or, is there enough room to rotate one of those
little pipe cutters. No residue at all, from that.

No room for a small pipe cutter I'm afraid....

Here's what the instructions say (I don't feel like typing the whole
thing in, so I'll only quote the pertinent part):

"Hacksaw cut the pushrod tube about 2 inches down from the
cylinder head. Remove the piece left in the lifter cover. Now remove
the other piece in the cylinder end by wiggling and pulling towards
the crankcase. Clean and dry the area at the cylinder & case
position".

I would think hacksawing would create at least as much aluminum
"chips" (or dust or whatever) as a cut-off wheel....

FWIW, the only way you'll get a hack saw in there (especially if
you're doing the center cylinders on a 6-cyl Continental) is by
pulling the exhaust.

In any event, I like the idea of stuffing a rag or whatever down the
tube prior to cutting it in half. I also like the idea of using some
bolt cutters after the tube is flattened. I think I'll do it the
latter way next time (when the next pushrod tube starts to leak!).

Bela P. Havasreti