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Replacing the Valve Tappet Cover Gaskets
Topic: Mechanical   Posted:2005-11-14
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The old cork gaskets on the valve tappet cover needed to be replaced. Here you can see how the old covers and gaskets looked. The gaskets were very hard after forty years and leaked.



Here are the new grommets next to the old ones. These keep oil from coming out through the sides of the stud:



Here are the new cork gaskets from the fel-pro kit:



You can see the studs for the valve tappet covers here, as well as the tappets:



Here is a good view of the tappets. One of them is partially raised. You can see the cam through the hole, and the tappet resting on it:



Our freshly painted tappet cover and new gaskets:





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