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Jerry W. (Tork1966)
Member
Username: Tork1966
Post Number: 350
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 9:07 am: | |
I took the advice of using a knife on the top edge and I got it. I used Honda Bond HT to seal the cover when I put it on last winter and that is what caused the problem I believe. Someone on this board told me to use that stuff...can't remember who. Anyway, thanks for the help everyone. |
Lawrence Coppari (Lawrence)
Member
Username: Lawrence
Post Number: 463
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 5:50 am: | |
I've used a screwdriver in the crevice on the higher edge so you won't cause a leak. My front cover was stuck on my 328 when I first did the valve adjustment about 10 years ago. |
Dave Penhale (Dapper)
Member
Username: Dapper
Post Number: 458
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 5:05 am: | |
Fork lift, official F tool part number:
BR8K-FR33-U-81TCH |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
Intermediate Member
Username: Peter
Post Number: 2379
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 1:34 am: | |
Gaskets are cheap, destroy it by slicing through with a spatula or Xacto knife (heck, it'll probably get damaged if you used hammering alone). |
Kelly (Tifosi1)
Member
Username: Tifosi1
Post Number: 450
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 8:24 pm: | |
i used a screw driver. |
Tom Bakowsky (Tbakowsky)
Junior Member
Username: Tbakowsky
Post Number: 149
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 7:24 pm: | |
another option is to remove the distributor and try and tap the valvecover on the inside were the distributor is mounted. |
Paul Newman (Newman)
Intermediate Member
Username: Newman
Post Number: 1004
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 7:14 pm: | |
Another option might be the spray on gasket remover to unstick the cover. Spray it around the edges and let it sit. |
arthur chambers (Art355)
Member
Username: Art355
Post Number: 867
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 6:56 pm: | |
Jerry:
Sounds like you really stuck it. You may have already tried this, but I use a plastic hammer, and hit it from the side, near the curve to the top. I'd use the medium size, and see if that works. If you've glued it on sooo tight it won't come off, I suspect you'll be buying a new one. If all else fails, how about thinner, etc. into the gasket area, in the hopes it will release?
Art |
Jerry W. (Tork1966)
Member
Username: Tork1966
Post Number: 346
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 5:49 pm: | |
Why the heck didn't I think of that? |
Paul Newman (Newman)
Intermediate Member
Username: Newman
Post Number: 1002
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 5:14 pm: | |
Did you try some plastic explosives? You can poke it through the oil fill cap and run the cord out the breather pipe at the other end. |
Jerry W. (Tork1966)
Member
Username: Tork1966
Post Number: 344
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 4:35 pm: | |
I have to remove my rear valve cover on my '79 308 because the one year old powder coating is peeling! Anyway I digress, I have all of the nuts and the dist. bolt off and it is just stuck big time. I don't want to wedge anything under it for fear of damaging it. I parked my forklift behind the car and put a ratchet type tie down attached to the valve cover and the fork lift and cranked it to the point where if it would have released, it would have went through the opposite wall, but still no luck. Any hints, tricks or clues would be much appreciated. Jerry. |