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Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: amishrabbi on June 29, 2007, 09:01:29 PM

so my valve covers need these, and i dont know anything about them. can someone enlighten me?

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: josh on June 29, 2007, 11:59:22 PM

unscrew the -8 to pipe ones in your leaky ass empi bolt on covers and grind the pipe threads off then have them welded to your new covers

easy peasy japanesey :D  

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: G-dog on June 30, 2007, 10:57:17 AM

Or you can go super-tech and drill& tap them into your heads like Turbo-Jim did on Klaatu...and just use regular valve covers

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: silas on June 30, 2007, 04:53:24 PM

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Or you can go super-tech and drill& tap them into your heads like Turbo-Jim did on Klaatu...and just use regular valve covers

that's how jim martin is doing it on his car too. super slick!!

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: josh on July 01, 2007, 08:11:38 AM

true but it'll be a bit of a biatch doing that with the engine installed.

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Post by: amishrabbi on July 01, 2007, 11:03:21 AM

ok,just making sure i have all the parts i need, i have valve covers, two odd looking bolts and gaskets. fittings i get when i take off my old ones

anything else i need? rather know before i start taking stuff off.

oh and josh, what are the valves gapped at? might as well do those while the covers are off

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: josh on July 01, 2007, 12:59:22 PM

chromo pushrods = valves gaped @ loose .000\" so just snug it untill you feel a bit of drag spinning the pushrod

what are the 2 odd looking bolts?

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: amishrabbi on July 01, 2007, 01:03:55 PM

its a hollow bolt with a rubber washer and threads only half way down.

my mom picked up the valve covers and said these were with them so she grabbed them as well. maybe she wasnt supposed to :lol:  

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: josh on July 01, 2007, 05:32:08 PM

throw those in the garbage, thats for using a hose clamp instead of the flare

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: amishrabbi on July 01, 2007, 06:15:43 PM

and i will assume i have flares then lol

so anything im missing? i seem to feel like im missing something cause the 1200 had \"wire\" that looked like it was holding the cover on

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: amishrabbi on July 01, 2007, 06:37:05 PM

got it, im missing bail clips

ill just go steal the ones off the 1200

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: amishrabbi on July 01, 2007, 10:31:47 PM

ok, empi pos are off the vehicle, figured out what tha -8 an fittings are. now im looking at the welding procedure.

looks like i have to punch a hole in the german cover, put the fitting through then weld it to seal it on. am i right on this?

and which side are the pipe threads i have to grind off? i assume the ones that went into the empi cover

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: josh on July 02, 2007, 12:07:14 AM

you got it, buzz the pipe threads off flush with the hex, weld and then run a drill bit through from the outside in using the fitting as a pilot

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: amishrabbi on July 02, 2007, 10:29:06 AM

so if i understand this right, when im done grinding i should be left with only the stuff that was sticking out of the empi valve cover

had an idea, would it work to leave a bit of the pipe stuff on, drill a hole in the valve cover, put it through then weld it on the inside? then use a drill to clean up any splatter i might get.

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: amishrabbi on July 02, 2007, 05:04:18 PM

wooo, got everything welded and cleaned and put back together, almost

so because the german covers dont go out as far as the empi ones i cant the the oil return line on the fitting, its about half an inch to short

and lordco being ever so useful has nothing to help me.  i now need idea.
if i was to just replace it with tubing what sort of tubing would i need?

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: josh on July 03, 2007, 12:03:12 AM

parker pushlok is what I used on your car, you might find it at an industrial hydraulic shop. how much you need? I have a couple chunks left over.

Title: -8 An Fittings
Post by: amishrabbi on July 03, 2007, 01:22:02 AM

im just going to use different pipe fittings and figure it out

the tube would need to bend but there isnt enough length to get it to bend. im going to a parts shop that knows something and just get different fittings to make the length up