I installed my red valve cover yesterday and somehow I lost one nut and one of the hard black pieces that go over the stud on top of the valve cover. any one know where I could get these parts? thanks

 

dealer should have them in stock

 

yeah they are $4 each.

wait, thats the spark plug cover screws. she just go to home depot for the other one

 

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Hmm I dunno if they have those black things at home-depot...

 

I once lost one of the black grommet/washer things & a nut, too - dealer didn't have them in stock and had to order them. So I used a washer that was pretty close, found a nut at the hardware store that worked, and tightened them down as best I could. Used some liquid gasket to keep it from leaking. Worked fine for the 3 or 4 days it took to get the right parts in - just made sure not to drive it too hard or long.

 

Go to an auto-wrecker and find a prelude, rip them out of that car and voila. As long as they are in good shape, you should be able to reuse them. I just replaced the valve cover gasket and the spark plug gaskets and I just reused the black grommets as Honda tried to charge me $11 each!

 

man i dunno what dealers you guys are going to, but the dealers around me def dont charge $3 for a capnut or $11 for a grommet

 

i have a whole set of new grommets i decided to not put on when i rebuilt the motor, brand new from honda, got a deal on them too.....

they are like 4 apeice at list price, but i got em cheaper b/c i spent a mint up there at honda on seals and ****.....

they are for sale if you want the set, if not, i dont want half a set....that does no good....

 

I'm in Canada...our money isn't worth anything.

 

I found them on hondaautomotiveparts.com 1.97 for nut and 3.14 for grommet, I guess i'll just order from there, but I'll check for a price from my honda dealer first