Oil Filler

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Ok :?: does any one have a way of tightening up the steel neck on the oil filler as it goes into the Assy case? :?: 8O
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Isn't that swaged into the case similar to the pushrod tubes attachment to the cylinder head? I don't know where you're going to get that tool unless a rebuilder has one to loan or TCM can advise you.
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gahorn wrote:Isn't that swaged into the case similar to the pushrod tubes attachment to the cylinder head? I don't know where you're going to get that tool unless a rebuilder has one to loan or TCM can advise you.
Yep that it. I have been nursing it for years an it ain't getten any better :cry:

I haven't tried to hard to find out. I guess I will call around... I will let you know what I find out.
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