I have the victoria british vented aluminum valve cover. the only problem I
had is that the original valve cover vent has a very small hole and the VB
one is the full size of the hose. I sealed the vent with JB Weld and then
drilled out a small size.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Errington [mailto:ame@synaptics.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 5:33 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Valve cover question
>
>
> > VB has a sale on aluminium valve covers and i thought i
> would splurge for
> > one for the 69 ( 5 main block, 72-74 head, no emissions
> equipment at all)
> > This needs a vented cover
> > George M is always good at beating VB prices with Moss but
> apparently
> > Moss dont carry a vented cover - only non-vented
>
> NW Imports carry an aluminium valve cover which "comes with a
> vented cap"
> for $65
>
> I have one and jolly nice it looks too. It also came with a
> pair of rubber
> seals and cup washers for the fixing studs.
>
> One disadvantage of this style of cover is that it does not
> have a groove to
> retain the gasket, like the standard cover, so you have to
> make sure the
> gasket is correctly aligned before clamping down. Once you
> have torqued
> down the nuts it stays in place.
>
> Andy
>
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