The left cover has a bad section of the inside gasket lip. It’s passable, but not the best.
I cut out the bad part of the lip and then cut a strip of 1/32″ steel as a replacement. The corner made it a bit tricky.
I don’t make any claim to be a welder. I don’t get to do it that much so I trained on a bit of scrap metal before attempting the job. Came out good enough to do the job. I drilled the strip with a 1/4″ drill over the spot where the original spot weld was located – about midway. I then welded the strip at that point as well for a solid fitment.
Sand blasted, repaired, spot weld ridges removed and spot puttied. I’ll leave them for a day and then get to the final sanding.
Next: Yet more valve cover work