Ok, Lots happening now! Today I finished painting the valve covers and the oil fill tube, attached the cork gasket to the covers with 3M Yellow Weatherstrip Gasket Seal, put the studs into the block and installed the valve covers back on the engine. Whew! Busy day. Here are some pics!
Primed and painted valve covers:
Attached the cork gasket which I fitted and trimmed last night, the yellow 3 M gasket seal was what the mechanics at work recommended:
and I used clothespins to hold the gasket while it set- a hack from Youtube!
I ran around to the local parts stores to pick up some things to "dress" the engine up: a new chrome air cleaner,chrome valve cover breather and some chrome cover clips:
Everything dry so time to mount on the studs I attached to the block and install the covers:
And put the new long clips on:
Finished product all done, but waiting for oil filler tube to dry, you can see my new valve breather:
I am going to let it set for 24 hours before starting up and checking for leaks...thanks for checking out my thread!
