well, i havent had much need to do anything other than stop a horrible oil leak, i change the oil pump and pan gasket all at once and to my surprise after 5 hours of work no change! found out it was the timing cover seal so i had to pull the pulley off yannk that bitch out and pop a new one in, once i tapped the pulley off it was a 5 min job very simple and i didnt even have to remove the fan or radiator. im proud of myself cuase normally a pulley puller would be needed.

in my boredom i did this though, installed a new 08 clarion radio its baller **** lol and took one of my old valve covers and transformed it! before and after pictures as always:







now im trying to get TOF to get me a cougar SC cause its PERFECT for a custom SC setup. expect some mild fun things from this car. now if you dont mind im off to wash the 280 and maybe a little follow up wet sanding.

 

Is that the N42 intake you had on your turbo?

 

looks good

 

I see you're drinking Coca Cola Zero... is that because you are fat?

 

coke zero is the ****. i dont care what anyone says






oh, and cool pics. i guess

 

lol actually im drinking water cause i feel fat. thats an empty can aboot 2 weeks old. but it is pretty good. lol. and yes thats the N42 i took OFF the turbo car after it ran like poopy. this car loves it though, did mess with the idle however but MEH! plus i took a grinder over the N42 so its more sparkle sparkle. now i gotta clean the head actually put on the valve cover and get some red plug wires lol.

 

fatass. fatty-fat fat lardo!!!!

 

naw i lost like 5 lbs the past week so im happy

 

LIES!!!! i can hear you getting fatter!!!

 

so anywho, i finished up my valve cover, it looks ****in fab! so i put it on and it looks sick on the motor to def is a huge improve on the engine bay. im driving it along and it starts to miss, ok i know whats wrong already cause this has happened 2 times before, an injector plug came loose cause i dont have the clips for them. no big, so i plug them in a little tighter all is good, i decide i should check my spark plug wires to, grab them and soaked in oil. FUDGE!!!! luckily im close to home and my oil level is right at the H on the dip stick. all good. i get home and its leaking crazy style, i start to tighten up the valve cover and 2 of them were loose. ok all good ill go over each one one more time just for good practice, and SNAP one of the bolst breaks!!!! not good, broken bolt in the head, not good at all. not good.... luckily there was just enought of the bolt sticking out i was able to tap a flat head screw driver on it with a hammer and twist it out. but still, im so pissed cause now i cant drive it till i get a new gasket (which btw this one was "new" as in never used but all twisty i suppose so it didnt make a good seal im guessing) god this is BS. i probably have plenty of other bolts that will work but i think im going to try to get new ones also. either way, im ok, but i cant drive my car for at least a day now.... i wanna stab something!!!! so i think i might play GTAIV

 

Welcome to my world Snw.

 

yeah but valve covers are supposed to be EASY!!!!!

 

They are easy. Quit being such a noob!!!

Better then me. I was tightening my valve cover down after doing another valve check and minor adjustment, and one of them stripped out. I was only using a quarter drive too. Didn't take much at all and that was it. Guess I am used to all the iron at work... I am leaving it the way it is. No leaks. It will hold till I get another head or something else I am toying around with...

 

ahhhh... all fixed! so lets do a re-cap of the events, here is how the valve cover started out looking on the car




soooooo pretty right???? RIGHT?!?!?!

well i started out filling my utility sink with scolding hot water and placing the cover in it for an hour, then with a constant hot/warm water i rinsed it off after that used MANY hous hold degreasers such as amonia and comet lol cleaned it right up then a normal soap and of course a scotch bright pad and scrub brush then sponge with the normal soap. after that used 1000 grit sand paper for many hours on it till it was all sparkle sparkle. then used the polishing wheel on my air whizz wheel and the polishing bars to bring it to a smooth shine. then using a clean rag with a dab of rubbing alcohol on it whipped it all down to remove any grease and wax etc. then i masked off all the parts i didnt want painted and cut out the letters etc with and exacto knife. this is a steady hand job, then sprayed on several coats using WHEEL paint because it will adhere to metal be oil resistant and some what heat resistant. then CAREFULLY peel the tape by pulling backwards on it not up, not forward but backward so it seperates from the paint and not tears it off the cover. then many coats of wheel clear coat. and this is what i got




and here she is all nice a pretty on the car. also, the leak is finally solved






there we are! all nice and sparkle. now i think im going to remove the cold start crap from the manifold and perhaps either paint or powder coat it black also getting some nice new NGK plugs and red taylor hi-pro wires. i need to clean up the heat shield by all the master cylinders and replace all the hoses specailly the heater hoses that are red ICK! and clean up the head. all should be better.

 

im going this weekend to get the s/c if you are lucky. hahaha

 

so it was a steady hand job aye?.... sorry i missed it!