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OfflineHi Richard and whoever else was interested in the change over from plastic valve covers to
metal ones. I am not sure I mentioned this but I had a plastic type on my 82 Eagle wagon.
It used to leak no matter what one did, even took off, cleaned, and retighted with lots of
Permatex. I got a aluminum one from Kennedy after the Eagle caught on fire. Not because of
the oil dripping, but because of a combination of oil, but a fuel line was brittle and
sprayed gas on engine, and made for combustion!
I drove it to a pub about mile from house one night and noticed some smoke coming from
under hood, nothing serious, then opened hood and off it went, so went inside, grabbed
pitcher of water and doused it. Figuring I could make it home without looking like
fireball I chanced it after 30 minutes as could not see in dark, even with flashlight,
where fire began, but looked like under intake next to block. So got two things of water
and timed the stop lights on I-10 just right to green, turned on Brittmoore, and after
stop sign at Westview I smelled smoke again, so speeded up got around corner, car died on
side street next to house, was smoking more than earlier, and glided into driveway, other
AMCs scattering for lives from flaming Eagle.
Knowing when I opened the hood it would get ugly I ran to front of house and got hose, and
then opened hood and yikes, whole valve cover was melted, wires, emissions, it was
Chernobyl. Sprayed it down while kids watched. Amazingly, the car started back up, even
with wet wires, no valve cover, and gas spraying everywhere, but moved it forward.
I ended up changing all fuel lines and hoses, tearing out all emissions (it is exempt from
emissions) new carb, changing oil twice, and car runs great still at 210,000 miles.
The Kennedy valve cover when I bought it he did tell me that 'I would have to drill some
holes' but I didn't do that, as most of the holes lined up fine and just added extra
Permatex. It still does not leak, your results may vary however depending on driving, but
this Eagle is driven hard and just this week when I sold my hurricane Ike 73 AMX to a guy
in NY, the Eagle was the same car that pushed this AMX up the transport ramps into the
long 18 wheeler, so heavy duty work.
Good luck,
Eddie Stakes
713.464.8825
eddiestakes at planethoustonamx dot com
www.planethoustonamx.com
Can anyone tell me IF the 258 valve cover w/2nuts on top that hold it down can
be changed to the set up with the bolts around the edge, instead?
The rebuild on the 82 Concord Wagon has the 2 studs on top and it is leaking
lready.? Sure would like to go to the other set up and thought I would ask
before taking it apart to find out.? THANKS!
blessings,
richard
richard Estermyer
AMO Nationals -
american Dream 2010, Detroit August 12th-14th.
javelinman74 at hotmail dot com
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Hi all i'm looking for a stock valve cover for my 68 javelin 232 6cyl
a little back i put a after market chrome one on and i've been hearing
this strange sound coming from under the hood .so i start looking
around and low and behold i hear it the #4 and #5 rocker armes are
hitting the inside of the valve cover. joe said he mite have one but
he's going to be out of town for the next few weeks anyone have a
spare if so lets make a deal....... am old amc'er in need
chad
1969 javelin SST
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Chad,
I have one I put aside to clean and powdercoat. What color would you like? I have Extreem chrome, and wet black.
Davis
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Hi all i'm looking for a stock valve cover for my 68 javelin 232 6cyl a little back i put a after market chrome one on and i've been hearing this strange sound coming from under the hood .so i start looking around and low and behold i hear it the #4 and #5 rocker armes are hitting the inside of the valve cover. joe said he mite have one but he's going to be out of town for the next few weeks anyone have a spare if so lets make a deal....... am old amc'er in need chad 1969 javelin SST
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I put a stock one on once that was hitting a valve spring/rocker. I was able to
move the cover slightly for clearance and it has been fine ever since.
Ken
Quoting chadchadwick@mail.com:
> Hi all i'm looking for a stock valve cover for my 68 javelin 232 6cyl
> a little back i put a after market chrome one on and i've been hearing
> this strange sound coming from under the hood .so i start looking
> around and low and behold i hear it the #4 and #5 rocker armes are
> hitting the inside of the valve cover. joe said he mite have one but
> he's going to be out of town for the next few weeks anyone have a
> spare if so lets make a deal....... am old amc'er in need
> chad
> 1969 javelin SST
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Hey Chad,
What Ken says... this happened to me as well, loosen the screws a bit and
bonk the cover a bit with your palm, and that's probably enough to get it to
clear. Even .001" of interference will make a hell of racket, .001" of
clearance will be silent!
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:15, Ken Ames wrote:
> I put a stock one on once that was hitting a valve spring/rocker. I was
> able to
> move the cover slightly for clearance and it has been fine ever since.
>
> Ken
>
>
> Quoting chadchadwick@mail.com:
>
> > Hi all i'm looking for a stock valve cover for my 68 javelin 232 6cyl
> > a little back i put a after market chrome one on and i've been hearing
> > this strange sound coming from under the hood .so i start looking
> > around and low and behold i hear it the #4 and #5 rocker armes are
> > hitting the inside of the valve cover. joe said he mite have one but
> > he's going to be out of town for the next few weeks anyone have a
> > spare if so lets make a deal....... am old amc'er in need
> > chad
> > 1969 javelin SST
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I've got a cheap chrome cover on the 69 232 in the shed. It cleared fine. Wiggle that thing over. It should clear.
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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:24:15
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Hey Chad,
What Ken says... this happened to me as well, loosen the screws a bit and
bonk the cover a bit with your palm, and that's probably enough to get it to
clear. Even .001" of interference will make a hell of racket, .001" of
clearance will be silent!
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:15, Ken Ames wrote:
> I put a stock one on once that was hitting a valve spring/rocker. I was
> able to
> move the cover slightly for clearance and it has been fine ever since.
>
> Ken
>
>
> Quoting chadchadwick@mail.com:
>
> > Hi all i'm looking for a stock valve cover for my 68 javelin 232 6cyl
> > a little back i put a after market chrome one on and i've been hearing
> > this strange sound coming from under the hood .so i start looking
> > around and low and behold i hear it the #4 and #5 rocker armes are
> > hitting the inside of the valve cover. joe said he mite have one but
> > he's going to be out of town for the next few weeks anyone have a
> > spare if so lets make a deal....... am old amc'er in need
> > chad
> > 1969 javelin SST
> >
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I've got to echo the suggestion on "bonking" the valve cover. With a new gasket in place and all the bolts too, move the cover around on the engine while it is still running. When you find a spot where it is quiet, tighten her down. You only need a whiskers width of clearence, y' know.....Russ
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hi all. back to the cover and rocker arm ?problem. i tryed loseing the bolts and hitting it with the palm of the hand and then using a rubber hamer and no luck , the valve cover has a lip and the cover looks like its touching the head bolts. what say i grind the cover back a little , that mite let the cover move over a little i need a little imput.........................................................chad????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 1968 javelin
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you got nothing to lose, now do you?
It ain't working this way.
gently grind the lip till you can get it slid over.
I have a chrome pan here that does not hit mine if you need one.
It's on a 69 232, $20 plus shipping. (you can have the whole engine too :)
I'd have to double check it, but it is like 10 years old.
sitting in my shed, it had no sign of rust last I looked.
So whoever chromed it did a decent job. The cheap chromed
ones explode with rust in no time.
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
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I just don't want to be around when it happens!"
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> hi all. back to the cover and rocker arm ?problem. i tryed loseing the
> bolts and hitting it with the palm of the hand and then using a rubber
> hamer and no luck , the valve cover has a lip and the cover looks like
> its touching the head bolts. what say i grind the cover back a little
> , that mite let the cover move over a little i need a little
> imput.........................................................chad?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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hay mark price .i'll take that chrome ?valve cover from a 69 for $20.00 and shipping ,?and you said you had a 232 6cyl,?I also need a lower drive pulley on the damper, just a singley pully, only a alternotor get back to me chad
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OK, it's in the shed and will take me till the weekend to dig through
the crap to get to it.
I'll also need to find a box? hmmmmm, that could be interesting to find.
Mark Price
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> hay mark price .i'll take that chrome ?valve cover from a 69 for
> $20.00 and shipping ,?and you said you had a 232 6cyl,?I also need a
> lower drive pulley on the damper, just a singley pully, only a
> alternotor get back to me chad
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i have 1 where are you at and you pay for shipping
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Hi all i'm looking for a stock valve cover for my 68 javelin 232 6cyl a little back i put a after market chrome one on and i've been hearing this strange sound coming from under the hood .so i start looking around and low and behold i hear it the #4 and #5 rocker armes are hitting the inside of the valve cover. joe said he mite have one but he's going to be out of town for the next few weeks anyone have a spare if so lets make a deal....... am old amc'er in need chad 1969 javelin SST
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