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Subject:Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
From:Mike S
Date:Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:34:38 -0400
>John Bange wrote:
>>Bentley implies that a regular tube can by squeezed in without
>>removing the head. Anyone know if this is true?
At 10:49 PM 3/23/2009, mark drillock wrote...
>Not true on WBX engines. True on aircooled.

"Squeezed in" isn't really a proper characterization. On aircooleds,
they get installed through the head and into the block. That's simply
the way it's intended, with no squeezing involved, unless compressing
the o-rings counts as squeezing. Much easier than on an upright engine.
I've never done one of those unnatural watery things. :-)