Re: [AMC-List] More valve cover woes

[markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

In regards to Doc's email on this. I doubt that you need to be real concerned with metal particles if it is aluminum wearing off. It shouldn't hurt anything. I know what a bear those covers can be to get off and on! I bet you wish you'd have scared up an earlier or later non plastic head! The 87 up aluminum head would have been my choice!
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Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Sheesh, even the simplest tasks....
> 
> So I got the valve cover off ('83 six, a 'plastic cover' head, with a
> cast aluminum cover I got from AJ), the silicone I used leaked. I got it
> spotless, used Permatex High Tack (non-hardening) liberally, it looks
> like it will seal just fine.
> 
> Drove to the cafe, parked... heard a "lifter tick" noise -- rockers are
> just tapping/scraping the valve cover! Got it home, loosened the valve
> cover, it quieted... I shoved it side to side (there's atiny bit of play
> in the bolt holes), slight change in sound, but upon tightening the
> bolts it ticks again. It's very, very slight, so I'm just gonna drive it
> and let it "wear in". What a pain in the butt!
> 
> This was a new Felpro gasket; the old one was a Felpro too.
> 
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