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  1. Hans
    They do look nice !
  2. Hans

    Do you have another pic of the ribs on your cover?

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      d20180807_181919_resized.jpgoes it look like the R one?

  3. Hans
    yes, unless it is well hidden. Its the one with the tall ribs from my previous post. It sits on the oil sprayer.
  4. Hans
    Something doesn't seem right with the engine. I've done a few R&Rs and I've never seen that much angle. Can you post pics of the drivers side mounting arrangement? You'll have a challenge getting the trans on there, and that will put a side load on the trans mount. The pass side has a rubber nub that needs to seat as I recall. It has to go one way. Also, if you're thinking of converting to dual brake system down the road, now is the time to route an extra pair of lines from near master to near struts
  5. Hans
    fabulous! Is it camera angle, or is the engine crooked? Even looks crooked from the bottom. Is it single circuit brakes?
  6. Hans
    I switched to regular nuts and washers, but I think I was just torquing the cover down onto the sprayer bar rather than the gasket at the front.
  7. Hans
    Optical illusion. I think gasket thickness has reduced since that cover did work in the past. I'm debating using two gaskets but for now I've installed a spare cover.
  8. Hans
    I'll recheck but seems to me it was squeezed down against the head.
  9. Hans
    Odd one on the right. There is a lot of metal over the oil sprayer bar. But this must have worked at some point - I can't figure out what changed, other than gasket thickness.
  10. Hans
    and bring the bolts to attach the cover and remind them of 8 ft lbs max.
  11. Hans
    When I put the odd cover on the top of the head without a gasket, it rocks back and forth on the oil sprayer bar at the front. Even pushing on it to compress the sprayer, there is a slight gap on each side of maybe 1/16th. Back seems to sit flat. Adding the gasket fills that gap, and the reason I'd never noticed this is because I always installed the gasket first. What caught my attention this time was oil film on the front cover, underside of hood and the fan blades when I got back from Ofest. So it had been getting out at the front. I had torqued to 6 ft lbs with regular nuts, but now I realize I was prob torquing down on the sprayer bar instead of fully compressing the gasket at the front. When I put the odd cover beside any of my spares, I can see the difference in rib height. What I find puzzling is how this cover would have functioned before - unless gaskets were thicker in the old days. What's frustrating is I had painted and polished the odd one. Do you suppose I could run two gaskets?
  12. Hans
    The wires appear to be correct. Now maybe cleaning up the connections would help. There should be an O-ring under sender lange. It can be reused to a point, but needs to sit for - I recall a day - to relax before putting back. You could take it out and see if the float goes up and down inside. I vaguely recall something about what caused the gauge to go to the full pin with ignition on. Or not. $349 for a used sender!! I'm rich! One wonders why they didn't find the problem first. Have we checked the fan belt??
  13. Hans
    PS, it is a ribbed cover. Looks identical from outside, but inside cast ribs are higher.
  14. Hans
    To be clear , the odd valve cover with no date stamp is not happy on my latest 121 head. I used it for years on another 121 head without leaks. Maybe because the front cover was a titch high. Now it leaks because it is sitting on the sprayer bar at the front. With a fresh gasket it looks to be seated evenly but apparently not enough to prevent leaks at the front. I have several spare heads, but only E21 has all valve gear so I can see where it hits the tube at the front. The back seems to be OK. One of my spare valve covers is missing the square plate, so I'm wondering if I can use it temporarily until I can clean up and refinish a suitable replacement with the lower ribs. I'd be tempted to grind out some reliefs in the odd one but there is a big button of metal. I've been working on these motors for over 40 years and never ran across this before.
  15. Hans
    That sender would appear to be pre-owned. Also looks like the plastic sleeve on the outlet may be missing judging by the goop. But that's not the problem. I believe there is some way to test the sender function out of the tank. Also, does the needle go to zero with key off? Did it ever run at normal temps? Does the needle creep up slowly towards red? Is fan properly oriented and running in right direction? Can't see how choice of coolant would knock 20 deg off that. There aren't a lot of places to put a sender. Is the coolant level at proper level? there are other issues that may cause overheating, but coolant system is first place to look.
  16. Hans
    I agree with Toby. Ethanol in fuel does bad things when it sits for months. I'd give carb innards and jets a good cleaning with carb spray. Wear safety glasses.
  17. Hans
    Has anybody run across this? Weird thing is that it worked for years with no leaking. This time the cover compresses the front of the sprayer bar and with fresh gasket, just sits evenly. But I'm not sure it will tighten enough to seal. I also wonder if everything else under there clears. Another question: any reason why cover won't function of square plate is missing under "PVC" outlet?
  18. Hans
    What kind of coil is that? Could problem have something to do with that flakey cable from solenoid to starter?
  19. Hans
    best to research the tightening process.
  20. Hans
    Putting aside the piston C/R debate, I'm having trouble understanding how a 1mm thicker gasket would take all the slack out of the chain, even with a virgin head. If it was refinished, I assume it was milled a bit. I'd be making sure the chain was seated properly on the lower sprocket.
  21. Hans
    hard to believe 1 mm more would fully extend chain
  22. Hans
    Interesting solution. Requires some fairly precise engineering. Also, I assume flex disc was put in there for some reason....
  23. Hans
    Looks like the stock 1600/2 booster sitting in my garage.
  24. Hans
    Closer examination on an E21 head with front cover removed shows an internal cross rib is hitting the oil sprayer bar at the front- with no gasket. That one is casting number 11802600069, no date stamp. A spare valve cover stamped 1180260080.9 date 69 has lower ribs so it clears with no gasket. I'd never noticed this before with the odd cover - ran it for years. On the 121 head on the motor now, with good even transition from head to front cover, I was getting oil mist coming out the front, with correct torque. So it wasn't sitting evenly on the gasket. Or maybe the newer gaskets are thinner? Very odd - I suspect the odd one is either the original (circa 66) or from a 1600. But aren't the valve train setups the same?
  25. Hans
    No, everything stock.
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