but he would still have a rock. 
Smashed my valve covers with a hammer
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Drifting
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Smashed my valve covers with a hammer
I broke my valve covers a little, hammering out the age-hardened o-rings with a 3/8 to 1/4 adapter socket that turned out to be a little too close to the same diameter. O-ring mating surfaces are shattered. Anyone else ever done this?
Melting Slicks
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I took a pair of long nosed pliers and twisted into center, picked out the brittle pieces left behind. but if your looking for a replacement set I saw a pair the other day
http://stores.ebay.com/Mirrock-Corve...rt=nc&_ipg=192
or you could send pat at c4parts in the forum vender/parts section a PM and see if he has any.
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Drifting
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A picture!
Ouch, that's a three with two zeroes after it!
I guess I'll have to glue the o-ring mating surface and somehow sand it well enough to seal.
but if your looking for a replacement set I saw a pair the other day
http://stores.ebay.com/Mirrock-Corve...rt=nc&_ipg=192
http://stores.ebay.com/Mirrock-Corve...rt=nc&_ipg=192
I guess I'll have to glue the o-ring mating surface and somehow sand it well enough to seal.
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Lots of tubes of superglue and grinding later, and a shot of black paint, and I have the following:
I also found out for everyone that epoxy will not bond to the composite material the valve covers are made of:
Since every surface of the seal is now out-of-round or not flat, I will try some Permatex #2 sealant (not too sticky, cures soft) all over the surfaces, avoiding getting it on the o-ring other than that so that it is free to slip into a sealing form.
I also found out for everyone that epoxy will not bond to the composite material the valve covers are made of:
Since every surface of the seal is now out-of-round or not flat, I will try some Permatex #2 sealant (not too sticky, cures soft) all over the surfaces, avoiding getting it on the o-ring other than that so that it is free to slip into a sealing form.
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Drifting
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Louisville - that repair looks great. After all the work you have put into it, I hope it holds for you. Good luck.
P.S. And thanks for the heads up on not being to use epoxy on these types of valve covers.
P.S. And thanks for the heads up on not being to use epoxy on these types of valve covers.
Melting Slicks
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well, I don't know if JB Weld will bond, but it might be worth a try; had good luck with it doing interior console repairs, but they weren't subject to oil, which may have as much to do with the failure to bond as the material itself;
now with that said, can you find some washers whose O.D. matches the I.D. of the recess in the valve covers? drill out the center of the washer to the necessary I.D. and then glue them into the recesses to provide a reinforced smooth sealing surface? most of my interior plastic repairs involved fabricating all sorts of small metal tabs and reinforcements which were then bonded to the original, and may I say fragile, plastic.
now with that said, can you find some washers whose O.D. matches the I.D. of the recess in the valve covers? drill out the center of the washer to the necessary I.D. and then glue them into the recesses to provide a reinforced smooth sealing surface? most of my interior plastic repairs involved fabricating all sorts of small metal tabs and reinforcements which were then bonded to the original, and may I say fragile, plastic.