{"id":6032,"date":"2026-07-06T06:39:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=6032"},"modified":"2026-07-06T06:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:39:27","slug":"more-valve-cover-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=6032","title":{"rendered":"More valve cover work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4389.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4389.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4389.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4389-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4389-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The left cover has a bad section of the inside gasket lip. It&#8217;s passable, but not the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4392.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4392.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4392.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4392-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4392-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I cut out the bad part of the lip and then cut a strip of 1\/32&#8243; steel as a replacement. The corner made it a bit tricky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4393.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4393.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4393.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4393-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4393-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t make any claim to be a welder. I don&#8217;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&#8243; drill over the spot where the original spot weld  was located &#8211; about midway. I then welded the strip at that point as well for a solid fitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4394.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4394.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4394.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4394-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4394-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sand blasted, repaired, spot weld ridges removed and spot puttied. I&#8217;ll leave them for a day and then get to the final sanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next: Yet more valve cover work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The left cover has a bad section of the inside gasket lip. It&#8217;s passable, but not the best. I cut out the bad part of the lip and then cut a strip of 1\/32&#8243; steel as a replacement. The corner made it a bit tricky. I don&#8217;t make any claim to be a welder. I &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=6032\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More valve cover work&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6032"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6038,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6032\/revisions\/6038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}