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t5tart
Monday 9th January 2006, 19:12
want to polish up my cam cover ..have a spare which i think ill do and exchange but how big / hard a job is it ... just to remove the cover etc.... does all the timing belt have to come off etc ??

spesh
Monday 9th January 2006, 19:13
Yea the belt has to come off, the cover holds the cams in place, 62 bolts I think which hold the sodding thing on, bit of a job!!!!!

t5tart
Monday 9th January 2006, 19:46
might do it on the car then lol bit of a sod but ill manage

JUDGENINJA
Monday 9th January 2006, 20:15
Same here....unbolting one bolt at a time and cleaning round it then re-torqueing it up then moving on to the next......very slow and very boring...

t5tart
Monday 9th January 2006, 20:20
Same here....unbolting one bolt at a time and cleaning round it then re-torqueing it up then moving on to the next......very slow and very boring...

not if you have the right tooling and compounds for the polishing

madness
Tuesday 10th January 2006, 09:52
does that mean you can do mine then?

t5tart
Wednesday 11th January 2006, 01:04
does that mean you can do mine then?

let me see how long mine takes to do lol

let me get through the way to do it fasstest
may be up for some now shiney cam bolts though lol

JUDGENINJA
Wednesday 11th January 2006, 17:19
You should let us know what stuff to use then....

t5owner
Wednesday 11th January 2006, 18:19
Yeah do tell as mine could do with a bit of sparkle and shine

And its currently doing nothing until i get the rear camshaft oil seal done so i`ve got plenty of time to kill

Cheers

stuart

t5tart
Wednesday 11th January 2006, 19:27
use a variety of different mops and compounds available to the trade

sellpolishing kits on ebay for general polishing but the mops wont be small enuff for all te nooks and crannies of a rocker cover will need some pretty small mops on a dremmel to get in around the bolts lol

but can supply most mops and compounds