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Posted by: hi4head Jun 11 2006, 06:42 AM

I'm new to this site and just want to thank all of you experts out there for sharing your wisdom. I'm trying to get my '73 2.0 back on the road after having it garaged for 8+ years. We got the engine reinstalled yesterday afternoon. My friend went to make the electrical connections to the fuel pump and we didn't know which wire went to positive or negative. Well -- a quick search uncovered the answer in no time (thanks Dave Darling). I now know that the brown wire goes to negative.

If anyone makes it this far in the message I do have a question. I replaced the push rod tube seals with the Viton seals from Pelican. The larger OD seals fit snugly on the tube. However, the smaller OD seals seemed to have a little slop and weren't snug. Is this normal?

Thanks,
Chris

Posted by: Joe Sharp Jun 11 2006, 07:02 AM

Hi Chris.
Sorry. Can't help you about the seal.
:PERMAGRIN: Joe

Posted by: Dr Evil Jun 11 2006, 07:09 AM

Hey Chris,

If I am not mistaken, there are inner and outer rings that are slightly different sizes.....I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure.

Posted by: hi4head Jun 11 2006, 10:35 AM

Thanks Dr Evil.

Yep, the inners are a smaller OD than the outers since it is a tapered tube. What puzzled me was why the inner o-ring wasn't really snug like the outer o-ring. I guess that the real story will be after I put the oil back in and fire it up for a while. (at least hopefully it will fire up and run)

Chris