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OK, sorry for not being specific.
When you look at the underside of the valve cover (the part that you don't see when its installed) there's a baffle that runs along most of the underside.
There are also arches that are formed by thin metal tabs. In the lower left hand corner (when viewing the underside) one of the tabs was bent, so I put it back into shape (straight) and there are two rivets to the left of that tab. Those two rivets are snapped. So are the two that are on the opposite side of that tab (its between the two arches)
So a total of 4 rivets are snapped in the lower left corner.
I am wondering if maybe two or three spot welds on the left hand side will be enough to keep it from hanging. Because I'm sure if I installed it like this, the cam lobes will hit it. I'm assuming this already happened since the tab was bent.
I cleaned the valve cover very well with sinple green. The underside had oil that looked burnt on but now the entire VC is spotless. Took an hour of scrubbing with a brush and rinsing, then repeating. Simple green is some amazing stuff.
So yea, two or three spot welds? Or what?
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