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> Valve adjustment question? Help!, Strange valve covers with vents?
Jaiden
post Aug 6 2005, 08:24 PM
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hey all,

Well I decided to take a look at the valves but removing the valve covers is proving to be a pain.
I have a '75 2.0l in my '72 914. The valve covers are bolt on finned aluminum with metal vents on the top that pass through the engine tin and stick theough about 1.25 inches. The vents hook into the oil fill breather.
I could not get the cover off without removing this vent. The problem is that the vent is through mounted on the valve cover and there is no way to put the vents back in? I thought the vents were supposed to face the tranny and come through the engine tin past the valve cover. The covers have holes that face that way but are threaded holes plugged with screws. It does not look like anything the directions show.

Also after getting the covers off my valve adjustment locking nuts need at 14mm not a 13mm what gives?

Any thoughts
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Jaiden   Valve adjustment question? Help!   Aug 6 2005, 08:24 PM
!   Sound like aftermarket units....   Aug 6 2005, 08:34 PM
GS9146Driver   I'll bet the PO did all the work with the engi...   Aug 7 2005, 08:21 AM
SLITS   Earlier cars had a 8 mm screw with 13 mm lock nut....   Aug 7 2005, 08:34 AM
Dave_Darling   Those cast aluminum bolt-on covers suck anyway. T...   Aug 7 2005, 09:32 AM
SirAndy     Aug 7 2005, 12:35 PM
Jaiden   hey guys, I'll post picks tommorrow when I get...   Aug 7 2005, 03:18 PM
Jaiden   oh yeah it's a carbed 75 that an owner (at lea...   Aug 7 2005, 03:25 PM
!   You don't NEED the vents. Those aftermarket co...   Aug 7 2005, 03:58 PM
Al Meredith   Jake Rabe showed me some carbon fiber valve covers...   Aug 7 2005, 06:45 PM
Jaiden   Here are the pics   Aug 8 2005, 05:48 AM
Jaiden   The inside pic. You can see the second port. SHo...   Aug 8 2005, 05:49 AM
Jaiden   Anyone?   Aug 8 2005, 09:08 AM
redshift   I would swaP in a stock set. Of course, I fix my ...   Aug 8 2005, 09:12 AM
Dave_Darling   I agree with Miles--swap in a stock set. (Agree w...   Aug 8 2005, 09:16 AM
redshift   It washes off, best to use Pam no-stick before agr...   Aug 8 2005, 09:20 AM
SGB   I gotta agree that it looks like a scary attachmen...   Aug 8 2005, 09:20 AM
redshift   The ones I have seen, needed machining to get them...   Aug 8 2005, 09:30 AM
Jaiden   Guys all humour aside I really need to get these c...   Aug 8 2005, 09:30 AM
SirAndy     Aug 8 2005, 10:11 AM
SLITS   You are already vented (supposedly) thru the oil f...   Aug 8 2005, 10:13 AM
Jaiden   Thanks for the offer Slits I really appreciate it....   Aug 8 2005, 10:23 AM
SLITS   I don't.....that way I wouldn't charge you...   Aug 8 2005, 11:16 AM
SGB   I plugged those vents with a stub of hose and some...   Aug 8 2005, 12:03 PM
redshift     Aug 8 2005, 12:10 PM
Mueller   I'll give you $20 for those aluminum cove...   Aug 8 2005, 01:44 PM
Jaiden   I had an Idea last night that I think will solve a...   Aug 9 2005, 06:47 AM
Jaiden   All cleaned up with Gromets installed.   Aug 10 2005, 07:11 AM
Jaiden   Another   Aug 10 2005, 07:12 AM


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