well I feel like a total noob now... so I started grinding away my lettering and about halfway down the words to the level of the cover, I started making a hole. basically I'll most likely buy a new valve cover, but is there a good way to finish shaving the lettering? or repair the hole? thanks in advance for input!

 

Spot/Tack weld it. Then grind it back down.

 

fixing the hole is one things why you did it with the cover still on the car is another that little hole can do some damage if that debris fell through

 

well if you grided through chances are there are shavings sitting in your head right now . you should feel like a noob

pull that thing off and do it

 

did you even use sand paper or did you use like a grinding wheel?

 

Damn talk about knowing how to grind...

Id junk that damn valve cover but if you want to save some money diy fix that **** with some welds

 

well I will be changing the head soon anyway, and am now looking for a b20 or 94+ ls valve cover....

I still haven't seen anything about actually shaving that lettering properly yet.

 

isnt a valve cover 2 layers of metal anyways so you only grounded through the top. So theres just shavings in the space between the two layers

 

hmm i don't know about that i know that it woulnd't have fallen directly on the cam as in vtec motors has that splash guard thing up there but non the less wouldn't do it to mine

 

wow

 

I sanded down my b18c VC with 60 grit sandpaper, a sanding block, and elbow grease. No holes, no problems

 

we used jb welb on a old beater of mine that had a crack. worked like a charm, cheap easy fix, but not the best cosmetically.

 

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Do B20 Valve Covers fit B18As?

 

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same head , jus have to plug the hole towards the top of the valvecover .

 

just get a new one.

i just gave away like 4 of them.

 

got one on ebay $10 shipped heh... I'll still shave everything down once I have a good cover on the engine... and just mess around with the other one and see how I can make it look regardless of holes