valve cover gasket

[paintballer317]

hello, quick question, i have an 83 automatic. im in the process of powdercoating the intake manifold and pipes. i want to do the valve covers too while im in there but im having trouble finding the gasket. i looked here on pelican parts, i found some for 85 and up but no 83. are the 85 ones ok? i also want a good quality, someone was telling me they make rubber one that seal real good unlike the cork ones. i want to do my work right so i dont have problems in the future. thanks for the help

michael

[MPDano]

You know those are "Cam Covers," right? Pretty hard to take off while engine in the car. If there are no leaks, then I would paint them on the car. IMHO, I will never ever take the Cam Covers off again while engine is still in car.

[paintballer317]

so these are cam covers? (i realise this is not a real engine but its what im talking about)

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[Arizona_928]

the 85' cam covers won't fit unless you have a 32 valve engine stuffed in their. I would go with what is already said, if it ain't broke don't fix it...

[bedinator]

In many engines, yes, they are Valve covers, but not the 928. The overhead cam design is such that they are really Cam covers. Valves are under the cams. Your picture would be valve covers in most American V8s.

[paintballer317]

ok, i guess i learned something new today. thank you. but the schematic diagram that lists part numbers and stuff calls them valve covers and valve cover gaskets. nonetheless, i understand its difficult to remove them and therefore, not worth the job of painting them. but like i said, if im going to do something to this car, im going to take the time to do it right, im not going to just paint it on the car. i had the other parts sent off to have them proffesionaly powdercoated. one reason i really want to do this is because the previous owner defenitly did not tke care of this car and what i have removed so far was extremely dirty. i know that the more i remove and clean, the better it will run when its back together. but i think ill take your advice on this one, ill probably just leave it as is. thank you all for the advice

[MPDano]

Originally Posted by paintballer317

ok, i guess i learned something new today. thank you. but the schematic diagram that lists part numbers and stuff calls them valve covers and valve cover gaskets. nonetheless, i understand its difficult to remove them and therefore, not worth the job of painting them. but like i said, if im going to do something to this car, im going to take the time to do it right, im not going to just paint it on the car. i had the other parts sent off to have them proffesionaly powdercoated. one reason i really want to do this is because the previous owner defenitly did not tke care of this car and what i have removed so far was extremely dirty. i know that the more i remove and clean, the better it will run when its back together. but i think ill take your advice on this one, ill probably just leave it as is. thank you all for the advice

I would brush it off as best as you can, and put some sort of paint or high temp clear. Although you can't see didly once your Air Tubes are back on.

BTW, these were painted still mounted on the engine. No need to replace gaskets if their not leaking.

[paintballer317]

those look great, its a beautiful engine. but i dont have the equiptment to remove the engine from my car so ide have to paint it while its in the car, i dont know about that... ill probably leave it as it is.

[m21sniper]

Amigo, you cannot even see the cam covers once everything is assembled...

My 4.7

[rhjames]

e-coated camtowers from Dave Lomas @ Motorsports SLC.

you can remove the camtowers while in the car, it just takes a long shaft allen wrench to get to the bolts. it can be a pain if any of the bolts are corroded and break, as some are prone to do. if that happens, then you'll be pulling the engine to remove the broken bolts.

yes, you can see them when in the car...you just have to look!

--Russ