Cutting valve cover to expose cam gears

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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 05:38 AM
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Default Cutting valve cover to expose cam gears

I hope I'm not in the wrong forum and my apologies if I am.

But I am about to paint my valve cover, and I wanted to cut it afterwards so the cam gears can be revealed, how do you do this?

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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 07:24 AM
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I'm going to suggest just using a 4.5" grinder and being careful. Bandsaw would work fine also.

Also, you should cut it and then clean up the burs and **** and then paint it.
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 08:40 AM
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why would u paint it then cut it ?? kidna retarded imo
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 09:58 AM
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maybe the exposed metal is the look he's after... or maybe he just was excited and mixed the two up

Rich
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 04:48 PM
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 04:49 PM
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jus plasma torch the sonofabitch
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 03:24 PM
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 04:31 PM
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Drill a hole in the center and use a compass or a piece of string to make a circle. Then cut it out with a jigsaw or air saw of some sort, sand the edges and enjoy staring at your exposed cam gears.
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