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wawazat
wawazat SuperDork
1/4/25 5:10 p.m.

Nice!  Not mine but similar for sure.  

wawazat
wawazat SuperDork
1/4/25 7:11 p.m.

Less time than I thought I might have this holiday season as activities were prevalent and again parents were hospital bound for 5 days.  
Today I finally got around to starting the safety wire application on the valve cover breather baffle plates.  

The original fasteners were thread cutting screws   I replaced them with stainless steel SHCS pre-drilled for safety wire from McMaster-Carr.  I had the wire and tools on hand already.

 

classicJackets (FS)
classicJackets (FS) SuperDork
1/4/25 9:39 p.m.

Hope all is well with the parents, and the car content can resume at full pace!

wawazat
wawazat SuperDork
1/5/25 12:22 p.m.

Thank you I hope so too.  Post ER doctor visits for the next few weeks then house bound oldsters for winter.   

wawazat
wawazat SuperDork
1/26/25 2:40 p.m.

Full pace is kind of a stilted walk right now but I did get back out today for a bit.  I finished up the safety wire for the valve cover breather baffle plates a little while back.  Most of the cuts on my fingers have healed.  
Today I drug out the Real Gaskets reinforced silicone valve cover gaskets and plopped on the valve covers.  I bought these a few years ago when I was struggling with valve cover gasket oil leaks.  Once I knew this engine was the future heart of the car, I elected to shelf them for this engine and just regularly check/torque the existing valve cover fasteners.  
 

May get a few little things addressed today.  I got the beef stew in the crockpot earlier today and I'm taking dinner to my parents tonight.  

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