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Timing cover gasket, waterpump gasket, dry or coat with ultra black?
 
89 Fox 427 said:
Timing cover gasket, waterpump gasket, dry or coat with ultra black?
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89 Fox 427 said:
Timing cover gasket, waterpump gasket, dry or coat with ultra black?
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3-1/8 hole saw.. perfect fit to use to drive the crankshaft seal into timing cover.

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Smeared ultra black around the seal and smacked it in. Worked great.

 
89 Fox 427 said:
Timing cover gasket, waterpump gasket, dry or coat with ultra black?
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As long as both surfaces are flat and prepped, dry will usually seal the best but it's a bitch to get off. No NOT use abrasive sanding discs.
I've used the mentioned aviation sticky stuff and it can help fill small voids and helps on removal also.
Put anti-sieze on your stupid windsor 12" long water pump bolts that go through 10" of aluminum cover 😆😉
 
I called promaxx today to let them know I destroyed those valve locks and asked where to buy more. They're sending some out
 
89 Fox 427 said:
I called promaxx today to let them know I destroyed those valve locks and asked where to buy more. They're sending some out
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I hope you are joking. And it's not funny. Dump glass bead down your intake, before you let those keepers near your engine again.
 
IADR said:
I hope you are joking. And it's not funny. Dump glass bead down your intake, before you let those keepers near your engine again.
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I have found no one with an issue. I really don't care honestly
 
89 Fox 427 said:
I called promaxx today to let them know I destroyed those valve locks and asked where to buy more. They're sending some out
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AFR uses PAC stuff on their heads.

Listen, if they aren't machined locks, don't use them, seriously. They won't warranty anything anyway. I think I just paid $25 or so for PAC machined locks. It's all I have used for the last 20 years. I used Manley before then because they were a local sponsor at my old track and they gave us really good deals.
 
I can be pretty OCD about stuff and I've checked out several different locks and retainers.
The fits and quality are pretty variable.
 
In case you didn't notice, I don't have the equipment to get the locks out. So they're staying unless someone is donating a spring compressor
 
IADR said:
thank you Mike. Fox doesn't want to listen to me, but this could be the single best bit of advice he has gotten about this motor.
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Locks can cost you an engine, no joke. I buy good locks and retainers. Hell, springs too. I dropped a valve once, my stupidity for not keeping a better eye on things. When I measured the spring pressure they were all down 40 pounds from new. But, some of that was simply from the titanium retainers getting eaten-away. They were so damn thin, almost razor blade thin, I couldn't believe it! When I checked the springs they were actually only 20 light, the rest was gone from the spring seat and retainer. Well, over-rev the thing and caught an intake. I think that was a $5k bill to fix it all.

Brandywine Cylinder Heads in PA, they did an incredible job making those heads look brand new. They will always be my go-to place for a major repair. Wish I could find the pictures. They say they can even rebuild a missing combustion chamber.............

Fox, buy good locks, seriously, do not use that stuff! If you do not know if their retainers are good stuff, look at titanium from a good supplier. Yeah, they run about $300 now. You really don't need titanium, tool steel will be fine also. You can not take chances on those parts.
 
89 Fox 427 said:
In case you didn't notice, I don't have the equipment to get the locks out. So they're staying unless someone is donating a spring compressor
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You want to borrow my Moroso compressor? My wife just used it to take her heads apart. I bolted the head to a 2x12 which I clamped to the top of my bench,. Easy-peasy! And the valves can't fall into the engine. Very simple to do.
 
89 Fox 427 said:
I have found no one with an issue. I really don't care honestly
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You drop a valve and you can ruin everything, including your block, and carb, lol. The intake might be ok.
Just check that your installed height is the same with the new keepers.

Did the keeper bend from getting the shit beat out of it, or fairly easily?
 
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