I need to put 90 degree fittings into my valve cover and dont want to weld becouse it was just freshly powdercoated. I was thinking eather prilling a hole and tapping it adn using a hole bunch of teflon tap. eather that or drill a gold just a little bigger than the treds so i can put it in with a rubber washer on each side adn then hold it there with a thin nut on the other side...what do you think i should do? is there an easyer way? lmk

THX

 

Im curious too the oiul from the frost plugs to the catch can sucks ***. The valve cover is the way to go!!

 

bump?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by scspeed &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I need to put 90 degree fittings into my valve cover and dont want to weld becouse it was just freshly powdercoated. I was thinking eather prilling a hole and tapping it adn using a hole bunch of teflon tap. eather that or drill a gold just a little bigger than the treds so i can put it in with a rubber washer on each side adn then hold it there with a thin nut on the other side...what do you think i should do? is there an easyer way? lmk

THX</TD></TR></TABLE>
I don't think tapping would work, but I could be wrong. The rubber O-ring idea is a decent idea...but how are do you plan on getting the nut on the back side? The baffling will be in the way. Plus I wouldn't want a nut to accidentally come off of there when pieces are moving at 8-9000rpm.

 

i actualy just thought about that too...plus the baffling is revited on so it would be super hard to get off. I think the best thing to do it so tap it...maby use a shitload of teflon tape b4 threding it in? idk. at least ill have my old valve cover i can practive on adn see if its gunna work. if you have any other ideas plz lmk THX

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by scspeed &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i actualy just thought about that too...plus the baffling is revited on so it would be super hard to get off. I think the best thing to do it so tap it...maby use a shitload of teflon tape b4 threding it in? idk. at least ill have my old valve cover i can practive on adn see if its gunna work. if you have any other ideas plz lmk THX</TD></TR></TABLE>
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that's for repairing damaged threads...

I think if you're not going to weld a fitting in there you may encounter problems in the future... that metal is pretty thin to be tapping into and may not really hold a threaded fitting for too long. It may work but I'm not sure if I'd personally go that route.

 

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that's for repairing damaged threads...

I think if you're not going to weld a fitting in there you may encounter problems in the future... that metal is pretty thin to be tapping into and may not really hold a threaded fitting for too long. It may work but I'm not sure if I'd personally go that route.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree that tapping it isn't the best becuase of the thin metal. But if he does tap it those would work since start with no hole is the same as starting with a stripped out hole.

 

Thx guys i think ill try the tap...i have the old valve cover so i will practice on that. anything i should look for or test when i tap the old one?

 

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Just make sure you get all the shavings out when you're done. Other than that, just make sure the tap is in straight (but that's obvious)

 

what kind of metal is the valve cover. Wondering cause of the different way fittings will be welded onto the unit.

 

those threaded inserts wont work any better then just tapping the cover. your fittings won't strip out of them, but they still require threads to stay in. I use them alot where i work. They are only for when you strip out the threads in a hole and you need to repair them while still using the original bolt size. the prosses is, drill out the stripped hole to the larger insert size tap the new hole with the thread size of the insert then, thead in the insert then, thread the original bolt in to the insert.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by grundle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">those threaded inserts wont work any better then just tapping the cover. your fittings won't strip out of them, but they still require threads to stay in. I use them alot where i work. They are only for when you strip out the threads in a hole and you need to repair them while still using the original bolt size. the prosses is, drill out the stripped hole to the larger insert size tap the new hole with the thread size of the insert then, thead in the insert then, thread the original bolt in to the insert.</TD></TR></TABLE>