Push rod tube seals

Don’t forget! The £500 quote, probably won’t include parts. And all the other ‘precautionary’ work.

 

And even worse when you pick it up they've done the work but tell you the engine has terminal end float and needs replacing.

 

In fact. Just buy a recon engine, and give me £50 to take it to a scrap yard.

 

On a T1 you do

 

T4 can be done with engine in

 

Yeah, probably.
But I had to put new rings in it, anyway.Ironically, due to a push rod seal blowing and blowing most of the oil out on Bodmin one day.Big bang, sparks and smoke in the mirror, then a very uneven burble.

 

I've done it not too bad a job

 

@Owner of Tilly 1962 Bay how bad is the leak?

if its only a minor thing then you could just keep topping it up regularly, get the seals done if anything more major needs fixing further down the line?

btw - i don't think 1962 is the right year for your bay

 

Mind it dosnt blow on Bodmin one day...(before you fix it,and save ‘topping up’ oil.)

 

Provided you keep checking oil levels every hundred miles or so, and the level doesnt drop noticeably each time, you dont have to replace the seals.

A garage charges enough for you to buy all the tools and a decent jack to do it yourself.

Pushrod tubes and seals arent expensive in comparison either - the kit of seals you buy for a T1 engine includes the tube seals, the tubes themselves can be stretched back to length if they arent too rusty.


So if you had all the tools and a jack already , a £25 seal kit would be all you need...

Otherwise its a days work at a garage rate. Hence the £500-£600 to fit trivially cheap parts.

A common theme.

Why many owners end up learning how to take engines out ourselves.

Clutch is £100 to buy - plus engine out costs.

Crank seal is £15 to buy - plus engine out costs..

And so on..

 

And you’ll need a big socket.

 

Or you could fit the spring loaded tubes. It means you don't have to take the heads off. Take the rocker cover off, remove the pushrod, saw through the old tube to remove it, clean up and fit the springy tube and refit the pushrod. Still a fair bit of faffing though. They do seal ok though if you clean it first