[DeTomaso] I just noticed a crack in the corner of my "Detomaso " aluminum valve covers.

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/6/12 10 36 57, JDeRyke at aol.com writes:


> The aluminum in those valve covers (and the Ford Boss/HO type also) is
> easily weldable, and the repair can be dressed with a file so no machining
> necessary. It'd be a waste of time & money to throw it away and buy a
> replacement. 
> 
>>>...says the guy who can do all that complicated work himself! :>)

But if you have to PAY somebody to fix your valve cover, as most people 
would, that's a different story--it would be cheaper to replace it, probably.

> >That's one advantage of aluminum covers, as well as having a stiffer
> flange so leaks are always from a collapsed gasket, not a bent flange. You 
> also
> get a nickel's worth of silencing of rocker noise from them and they look
> nice.
> 
>>>True dat! :>)

Mike