reinstalling the valve cover clip, Is there a trick to this? |
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reinstalling the valve cover clip, Is there a trick to this? |
albert110 |
Jul 4 2018, 07:56 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 18-May 18 From: Tacoma, WA Member No.: 22,131 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Hi all,
Recently picked up a carbed 1973 914 1.7 to learn performance driving and get my feet wet with car tuning... Unfortunately my first maintenance task has me stumped. I got the valve cover off no problem but for the life of me I can't get the retainer clip back on. Is there a trick to it? I've been trying a few different methods to muscle it back on but I haven't figured out how to get the right leverage to get the end of the clip into the hole. My searches haven't turned anything up, I'd appreciate any tips or links. Thanks. |
albert110 |
Jul 5 2018, 10:37 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 18-May 18 From: Tacoma, WA Member No.: 22,131 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Ok first off, definitely going to start whispering nice things to the car as a general practice, thanks for that.
Second, I put both valve covers on upside down and I'm pretty sure it's added about 5 horsepower, or at least that's what I'm going to tell people from now on. In all seriousness though, adjusting the valves has made a huge improvement to the engine in the 10 minutes of driving I was able to do after wrapping up, increased the bottom end torque substantially (not hard to do, there was no pull below 3k rpm) and she idles a lot more smoothly. I'm between Hilltop and 6th ave. in Tacoma, I was thinking of heading out and meeting folks for breakfast but our babysitter doesn't show up till 10, think folks will still be hanging out after 10:30 or so? |
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