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12-10-2003, 12:34 PM
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Location: Northern Illinois
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Bummer !!
I bought a pair of cast aluminum Moroso valve covers on e-bay. The paint didn't look so good so I stripped them. I was having new exhaust manifolds powder coated (I'm going from 2wd to 4wd) The place that does the powder coating was short of work so they offered to coat the 2wd manifolds in the hi temp coating and the brackets and valve covers in satin black, all for a very modest additional fee. The valve covers look beautiful ! I go to install them, they are the tall ones, won't work in the 4wd position. Bummer !
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12-10-2003, 12:36 PM
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That is a bummer, I imagine using the hammer to make clearance or a short body lift are out?
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12-10-2003, 12:43 PM
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I seriously thought about the hammer, but I 've redone the cab off the frame in torch red and it would take a lot of pounding to make the covers fit. Also thought of moving the engine forward. Probably just repeat the process with short valve covers.
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12-10-2003, 01:52 PM
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Cut the corner off cover -have someone weld a flat piece back on -recoat.
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