On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:17:11 +0000, Sam Scholten
<scholten1@MARSHALL.EDU> wrote:

>I need to replace a lifter for cylinder #3, but can't get the pushrods
>out past a steel coolant pipe. Is there a way to finesse it out, like
>maybe taking it out as far as it will go, start taking the tube out at
>the block end, and sliding the rod out the rest of the way?
>
>Thanks!!!!
>Sam

I've used a 2x4 to move the pipe just enough to clear. The pipe
springs back, so you'll have to pry on it again to put the new push
rod in.

Use this advise at your own risk of course, but it saved me a lot of
time. Actually, you probably shouldn't do it this way at all.

Later. . . . .. Brad

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