WIW Mr. Gasket clear valve covers

[ZiggyL78]

Originally Posted by big gear head

How well do the clear valve covers hold up against cracking around the bolt holes?

Very poorly if you over torque them. You just snug them up. They say torque 3#. I do them by hand with the wing nut style fasteners. I also use the thicker valve cover gaskets and some homemade deflector plates. They didn't make these plates back in the 70s. Nice design. I never had any problems with fogging or yellowing. Guys like us always keep our oil clean anyway. So it should not be a problem.

You could also make up some fitted bushings that are just a little thinner then the plastic flange and would bottom out on some jam nuts and would not put any strain on the plastic flange.


This company has it all figured out. Expensive? Great. I love it when I'm only one who has them.