Valve Cover Gasket Replacement--Replace the bolts?
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Hargett Precesion makes all of the venders valve covers and puts any company logo on them. I thought IA went out of business? I had originally ordered mine from IA and waited 2 months and never got them. I found Hargett and they said thay make all the valve covers, and IA was waiting for a bigger stock order to get a better discount. So he made a set for me and I had them in 3 days. Great service...
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I am keeping them for now. The 95 has some drippy leaks and I have n idea what will happen with the car legally so hopefully the 97 will get through PPI and I will think about using them on that car. Too many toys and not enough time.
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Timely question, just started seeing smoke comimg from the the left wheel area of my '95 when sitting at idle, but about equal drips on each side per the sheet of cardboard under the car. Is this typical of lowers, uppers or something else? What do mechanics typically quote in hours to replace lowers - most likely culprit, I think? Did your wrench suggest anything else "while in there"? I have onnly 20K on the dial and still have the original spark plugs, so that's a possibility.
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Timely question, just started seeing smoke comimg from the the left wheel area of my '95 when sitting at idle, but about equal drips on each side per the sheet of cardboard under the car. Is this typical of lowers, uppers or something else? What do mechanics typically quote in hours to replace lowers - most likely culprit, I think? Did your wrench suggest anything else "while in there"? I have onnly 20K on the dial and still have the original spark plugs, so that's a possibility.
My wrench quoted me $500 (labor, I provide the parts) to replace the uppers and lowers gaskets.
My last trip to the show was my 60k about 8k ago. I did about everything one could possibly imagine.
Your car is still a virgin!! A little drip wont hurt and either fix it now or wait until your 30k tune----that would be good timing to figure things out. Or, have them look at it closer at your next oil change.
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SS is great, but is brittle and not very strong.
Also i guess some galvanic corrosion may develope.
I would try to stick to something similar to the original ones you are replacing.
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Yup and it's not just that ss bolts can break, but they can also strip more easily. I had a hard time removing some OEM bolts to the point of nearly stripping the heads. If they were ss bolts, I would have surely stripped them, and that would have really sucked.
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but getting ready to do the lower valve cover and gaskets. The car is experiencing more of a leak than weep now. I already have the gaskets, now i'm getting the valve cover and getting new bolts.
I understand there are 38 bolts, correct? Pelican sells them for $1.25/ea...that's $50 for bolts! Is there a better (read: cheaper) place to source them?
Thanks!
I understand there are 38 bolts, correct? Pelican sells them for $1.25/ea...that's $50 for bolts! Is there a better (read: cheaper) place to source them?
Thanks!
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but getting ready to do the lower valve cover and gaskets. The car is experiencing more of a leak than weep now. I already have the gaskets, now i'm getting the valve cover and getting new bolts.
I understand there are 38 bolts, correct? Pelican sells them for $1.25/ea...that's $50 for bolts! Is there a better (read: cheaper) place to source them?
Thanks!
I understand there are 38 bolts, correct? Pelican sells them for $1.25/ea...that's $50 for bolts! Is there a better (read: cheaper) place to source them?
Thanks!
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but getting ready to do the lower valve cover and gaskets. The car is experiencing more of a leak than weep now. I already have the gaskets, now i'm getting the valve cover and getting new bolts.
I understand there are 38 bolts, correct? Pelican sells them for $1.25/ea...that's $50 for bolts! Is there a better (read: cheaper) place to source them?
Thanks!
I understand there are 38 bolts, correct? Pelican sells them for $1.25/ea...that's $50 for bolts! Is there a better (read: cheaper) place to source them?
Thanks!
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