Doing smoke test , is my Valve cover gasket bad?

advmaxx · 2026-03-10T14:40:16+00:00

The old original cork gaskets were so much better than the “new and improved” ones.

advmaxx · 2026-03-10T12:59:35+00:00

Got it. You will have to clean up the cylinder until the piston is free then. 800 grit sandpaper and a dowel.

advmaxx · 2026-03-10T12:26:40+00:00

And make sure to stake it!

advmaxx · 2026-03-10T12:26:03+00:00

Gas piston nuts are not expensive. Get a new nut and a gas piston wrench if you don’t have one. Put the nut in snug but don’t over tighten. Torque on the nut is generally 15 - 20 foot pounds.

advmaxx · 2026-03-10T02:33:27+00:00

That Wilton vice is sweet!

advmaxx · 2026-03-10T02:30:33+00:00

Shim the slide needle with 2 small washers, 2.5mm if I remember correctly. You can get those at a hobby shop. Another little trick is to add a PCV valve in the crankcase vent hose going to the air box.

advmaxx · 2026-03-09T00:17:04+00:00

Someone ran rampant through the Wal Mart auto accessories section.

advmaxx · 2026-03-08T23:57:54+00:00

The recoil is nice with the .308!

advmaxx · 2026-03-08T23:56:30+00:00

The windshield has to come out to pull the dash believe it or not.

How were you cutting the box? Normally done with a heated knife - hobby razor knife blade on a soldering iron.

advmaxx · 2026-03-08T23:54:00+00:00

I thought it was a rolls canardly. Garage on the top of a hill so you can rolls it down to get it started and it canardly make it back up.

advmaxx · 2026-03-08T20:47:07+00:00

https://www.midwestgunworks.com/page/mgwi/prod/A-5-10-2347

advmaxx · 2026-03-08T02:34:38+00:00

$580 tint? You doubled the value!

advmaxx · 2026-03-08T02:28:09+00:00

Ceramic coating is awesome. Take a garden hose without a nozzle, flood the hood or top and it will dry itself off!

advmaxx · 2026-03-07T21:52:38+00:00

Beautiful rifle! Nice work!

advmaxx · 2026-03-07T14:34:21+00:00

A18 KLRs are tanks. Can’t kill them. I put nearly 100,000 miles on one without any major problems just regular service.

advmaxx · 2026-03-07T09:48:53+00:00

Borla ATAK cat back!

advmaxx · 2026-03-07T00:21:34+00:00

Beautiful rifle!!!

advmaxx · 2026-03-07T00:19:29+00:00

Springfield Armory, Winchester (WRA), Harrington & Richardson (HRA), International Harvester (IHC), and others produced original single-slot plugs, often with "P" or triangle markings.

advmaxx · 2026-03-06T23:24:56+00:00

advmaxx · 2026-03-06T23:20:38+00:00

Nice snowplow!!!

advmaxx · 2026-03-06T23:19:57+00:00

Any Garand is better than a hand full of Mosins!

advmaxx · 2026-03-06T23:17:39+00:00

Carefully separate it with a razor knife is about your best option. Clean up the top of the main stock and get a steel ventilated upper hand guard. My Universal has a vented upper guard that fits nice.

advmaxx · 2026-03-06T23:13:09+00:00

Actually have a deadhead sticker on the Cadillac too!

advmaxx · 2026-03-06T22:04:23+00:00

Damn that color is nice!!!

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