Hey Guys,
I'm in desperate need of a Wire Pushrod retainer for a 2000cc 1980 Westy (the crooked coat hangar looking thing that sits between the pushrod tubes and the rockers). I just bought this van and found she had a major oil leak from the push rod tubes .... I replaced all the tubes and seals without any trouble just for it to start leaking again as soon as I run the engine for a few minutes. After doing the job 3-4 more times thinking I was doing something wrong I looked in the Haynes book one more time and realized that the pushrod retainer is missing so as soon as any pressure in the crank case pushes on the tubes they start leaking again. I've tried all over the net and when I do find a retailer that acutally has the part (not many - CIP doesn't even carry them) I'm crushed to find out that they don't actually have it in stock and are unable to get it. I've tried the VW dealers here in town and they're also unable to get it ....
Can anyone by chance point me in the right direction to get 2 of these clips?
I'm very close to putting hose clamps on the cylinder head side of the pushrode tubes so they're unable to be pushed out of the bores on the crank case .... Would anyone advise against this?
Thanks!
Jon