I found the same valve covers that were on the first sbc I ever bought

they were the first item to get painted with implement paint and urethane clear and have held up great on a hot and cold motor.

needless to say I have to take the alt and ac compressor off to get them in but I dont care. I really like these valve covers

anywho they leak like a sive and I cant find a gasket to seal these babies up

man I would hate to take them off.

thanks for the help and if you dont have these valve covers you will not know so please no guesses as they are a pain to do

 

Well, I don't have those valve covers, but my answer wouldn't be a guess.

But, since I don't have those valve covers, you don't want to hear what I have to say. So be it.

 

I also don't have them but I'm going to assume that that is not very important.

I had a hell of a time with chrome valve cover gaskets leaking on both my car and truck, I tried all kinds of gasket and then used a thick Mr. Gasket cork gasket and have no problems with them.

 

ok so if people have any sort of info I would greatly appreciate it

sorry I made such a fuss but I have not ran into anything like this before and was hoping that someone with mt valvecovers could tell me the appropriate gaskets to use

sorry to offend you

 

(sniff) I just want to help . . . (sniff)

The "upgrade" gaskets will typically do a better job than the standard gaskets available from most any name brand. I haven't had much respect for what Mr. Gasket has been selling for the past several years, although their higher priced Ultra-Seal line is better than standard stuff.

I've had pretty good results with Fel-Pro. See what you think of these - http://store.summitracing.com/partde...T&autoview=sku .

FWIW, I had M/T covers like those (plain aluminum) about 30 years ago. Never had trouble with them leaking, but I had them off about once every two months to adjust the solid lifters that engine had, and used cork/rubber gaskets which lasted about 5 remove/installs before I had to replace them.

(BTW, I wasn't offended. Just intended a little light hearted humor, at your expense, of course. I'll behave now.)

 

ya i meant the felpro cork gaskets, all the rubbers i had blew out, and blowing rubbers is always a bad thing

 

The one I linked is a rubber coated steel shim. Not likely to blow out.