ThaDriver wrote:
> >And to add to my insult, I forgot to put the lower air deflector in
> place under the jugs............. I thought things went to well up to
> the point of finding the bent tube and have gone down hill since. Not
> discouraged though, Rome was not built in a day. I shall keep forging
> ahead!
>
> >On a note, the tube did not bend in the middle only on the flexible end
> luckily, so it should be fine but I still need to check the very end of
> it where the seal is.
> ************
> Easy to do both of those things.
> You did put the seam at the top of the tubes, right?
> I would pull that tube out & check it now anyway (if that's the side you
> forgot the tin on then you'll do that anyway). Eaiser to do it now than
> later if it leaks...
> ~ Paul
> aka "Tha Driver"
>
> Since I gave up hope I feel much better.


I went ahead and pulled the head. I checked the tube and it was a
little crumpled on the very end, but nothing that could not be tweeked
with some needle nose pliers. Also installed the tin for the
cylinders. There is no way of putting the tin in while the push rod
tubes are in place. At least to install it the way it was meant to be
installed. You could wire it in place with out all the tabs on it, but
that would be a last resort kind of hack.

I now have both heads on with no major incidents this time. Things are
looking good now. Next step is to install the push rods and the
rockers and check geometry. I pretty much failed geometry in High
School, LOL, but that is another story. Hope I don't fail it this time
either. Any tips you dubbers may have for a green builder would be
great. I got some books and the Bugme Vid, but War Theater input is
very useful as well for me. The books cover the general/normal things
well, but out of the norm can be daunting at best and this is usually
where my path leads.


Thanks in Advance!!