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I still don't get that seal thing tho. You say "pop them out if you wish to remove them". But why pop them out if you intend to resuse them?
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dazco-
There are rubber washers (metal on top, rubber on the bottom) under the bolts and inside the four recesses through which the four mounting bolts attach the cam cover to the head. The washers need to be carefully pried out with a small flat screwdriver so they can be reused in your chrome cam cover.
When I did this, they came right out, and the large gasket under the existing cam cover came right off too (after I removed the cam cover with a gentle tap or two with a rubber mallet).
There are a couple of tricks to keep that gasket on the new chrome cam cover so when you turn it upside down to mount it the gasket doesn't simply fall off. One of the tricks is to put weather strip adhesive onto the gasket and let it set up before installing the cover. Another trick (from ssjones) is to put masking tape over the gasket and wrap that around the outside of the cam cover to temporarily hold the gasket in place. When you install the cam cover, you then gently pull out the masking tape (being careful not to move the gasket) before tightening the bolts. This is how I did it and it worked very well. (Thanks Al).
Does this make sense now?
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