Re: [AMC-List] chrome valve cover wanted

["John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not having any clue what the term "not the same" actually means---------
 
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The Ones We Have Found Are Not The Same{ e-Bay,
J.C. Whitney,
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I do not purchase anything from J.C. Whitney so can not compare their
 cheap junk to anything that is worth buying but---
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If it's made the way I think it is. They will need to have one chromed.
The
Pacer had some differences to it for Air cleaner mounting and firewall
clearances. IIRC!
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I have installed 5 Chrome valve covers purchased from Kennedy American
(an AMC vendor) on various
I6 engines  including Pacers with no problems at all with fit. The
Chrome has held up o.k. and the fit has
been o.k., 
 
These valve covers fit all of the 232 and 258 I-6 engines (heads) from
1970 to 1980 also probably the 199
which is related to the 232. In 1981 the head mounting for the valve
cover was changed to be compatible
with the infamous plastic valve cover so the chrome ones for those years
will not fit on 1981 and newer 
AMC I-6 engines. 
Other variables have to do with the "gulp" valve and the valve used for
catalytic converters when applicable
as there is no mounting location for them on the Chrome Valve Cover, so
they just sit there on top in 
my cars. 
Also the holes used for Oil Fill, and PCV hose mounting hardware are not
a standard AMC size. I use 
oil fill rubber plugs used on the Buick V6 as used in the Jeep. These
rubber plugs were commonly used
on other GM applications too. I core a hole in the rubber as needed to
fit the PCV mounting hardware. 
They are also available from Jeff Kennedy as an installation package. 
As far as the Pacer goes, there is no difference in valve covers that I
have seen for what that is worth 
so I would not worry about them. There are also a number of
manufacturers for Chrome Valve covers 
too so there may be different procedures used for other types. But for
what I use, they bolt on with 
no more than normal installation quirks. 
John. 
 
 
 
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