Julie dont replace anything that aint broke . ask about the differance between spring & alum. screw type . Terry -----Original Message----- From: Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:40 pm Subject: [tcb] Re: End of the world The engine is ruined! I'll come buy and dispose of it for you. Yes, I have heard you can place them in that way and use the o-ring spring load tubes. If your gonna replace 2 you might as well replace all 4. Julie wrote: > > So is it the end of the world if one of my 1600 engines is missing > those > pieces of tin that go over the push rod tubes? I have been told > that I can > take out the middle two push rod tubes and put the pieces > of tin in and > then replace the extracted push rod tubes with those > flexible push rod > tubes. Is this my only option other than pulling > the heads and all of that? > > Julie > > > >