'64 394 Valve Covers :: Overtightened
#1
'64 394 Valve Covers :: Overtightened
Hey guys, I have a 64 Ninety Eight with a 394. The passenger side valve cover was leaking when i bought the car, and the seller said the original owner overtightened them when he noticed a leak. One side was fixed, but the passenger side was too difficult to get to.
Well, I'm rebuilding the fuel pump and decided to hit the valve cover while I'm at it.
Here is a pic of how dimpled the screw holes are now:
2012-04-29_18-29-54_734.jpg
This one I took a stab at fixing;
- Do you think this is enough to get a seal, or do I need these to be completely straight again?
- Any DIY suggestions for getting them tighter?
(I'm using a C-clamp and squared-off pieces of wood to flatten them out)
2012-04-29_18-30-15_629.jpg
Thanks!
Well, I'm rebuilding the fuel pump and decided to hit the valve cover while I'm at it.
Here is a pic of how dimpled the screw holes are now:
2012-04-29_18-29-54_734.jpg
This one I took a stab at fixing;
- Do you think this is enough to get a seal, or do I need these to be completely straight again?
- Any DIY suggestions for getting them tighter?
(I'm using a C-clamp and squared-off pieces of wood to flatten them out)
2012-04-29_18-30-15_629.jpg
Thanks!
#3
I always used a bench vise and a hammer, and eyeballed them straight!
Then clean the cover well, and use weatherstrip adhesive and cork gaskets!
Then smear some wheel bearing grease on the head surface - tighten in a criss-cross pattern - done!!
Never a comeback!
Then clean the cover well, and use weatherstrip adhesive and cork gaskets!
Then smear some wheel bearing grease on the head surface - tighten in a criss-cross pattern - done!!
Never a comeback!
#11
Wankel also licensed several other companies to build a rotary engine. I have a 75 Hercules motorcycle with a 250cc Wankel rotary. But thats a story for another thread/website!
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#14
Ya, it's a Wankel motor. The last car I built was a 500hp rotary powered Mazda RX-7 TII.
It had a huge turbo and methanol injection. So fun to drive, but always needed something.
Mazda still uses the rotary in their RX-8, but there are also small Cessna's powered by rotary engines, and in the 70's i believe Dodge had a rotary powered car.
That avatar is a pic I took of one of the rotors I had Polydyne coated for heat resistance and lubrication.
Here is some light reading of my build.
http://87rx7.blogspot.com/
It had a huge turbo and methanol injection. So fun to drive, but always needed something.
Mazda still uses the rotary in their RX-8, but there are also small Cessna's powered by rotary engines, and in the 70's i believe Dodge had a rotary powered car.
That avatar is a pic I took of one of the rotors I had Polydyne coated for heat resistance and lubrication.
Here is some light reading of my build.
http://87rx7.blogspot.com/
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