Tappet Cover
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Tappet Cover
My tappet cover is leaking...lucky me. I am going to be pulling the pump so I can get to the cover. So i don't blow it out again should put some breathers in the valve covers? Also I have a Fel-Pro gasket for the cover....should I order a Cummins one instead? What about those billet covers are they really needed?
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If your worried your gonna blow it again I would buy the billet cover and be done with it. The cover bolts right into place and there is no gasket, you have to use a type of sealant. Mine came with 2 breather holes already drilled and tapped, I used both and made myself a set of twin 1/2" breathers.
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I'm not going to build the truck to make much more than 500hp no more than 600hp if I make it that far. I am going to stay with a single turbo or a HX/HT3B compound set at the most. I have decided this is my DD and I am not going to sacrifice drive-ability for speed and power. BUT if the billet cover will solve this issue from EVER happening again I can get one made for a little over $100 locally.
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Anyone else want to weigh in on the billet tappet cover or stock one?
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Anyone else want to weigh in on the billet tappet cover or stock one?
Last edited by PhilipR; 01-20-2010 at 02:13 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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I've done some reading and it seems the Fel-Pro gasket has a tendency to be a little bigger and not seal right. People think it's because the 24V gasket is a bit bigger and Fel-Pro uses the same P/N for both applications. I might just go with the billet cover and not mess with it again.....I'll have to see about the price difference though. I have a local guy that told me $400 installed for a billet cover and that's not bad at all plus he is going to set my timing to 16*.
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just called and talked with Stumpman's friend and he said he'd make me a billet cover, install it and set my timing to 16* for $400 out the door.....I don't think i can pass that up. I'd have WAY more in it buying the timing tools, billet cover. Not even counting my time involved.
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just called and talked with Stumpman's friend and he said he'd make me a billet cover, install it and set my timing to 16* for $400 out the door.....I don't think i can pass that up. I'd have WAY more in it buying the timing tools, billet cover. Not even counting my time involved.
Last edited by PhilipR; 01-21-2010 at 08:08 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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I've done some reading and it seems the Fel-Pro gasket has a tendency to be a little bigger and not seal right. People think it's because the 24V gasket is a bit bigger and Fel-Pro uses the same P/N for both applications. I might just go with the billet cover and not mess with it again.....I'll have to see about the price difference though. I have a local guy that told me $400 installed for a billet cover and that's not bad at all plus he is going to set my timing to 16*.
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just called and talked with Stumpman's friend and he said he'd make me a billet cover, install it and set my timing to 16* for $400 out the door.....I don't think i can pass that up. I'd have WAY more in it buying the timing tools, billet cover. Not even counting my time involved.
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just called and talked with Stumpman's friend and he said he'd make me a billet cover, install it and set my timing to 16* for $400 out the door.....I don't think i can pass that up. I'd have WAY more in it buying the timing tools, billet cover. Not even counting my time involved.
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He has two 3/4" NPT threaded holes and is going to hook them up to my down tube that runs to my 1 Qt breather tank. He said he might run one down to the tank and then run the other straight up to a valve cover style breather.....said he wouldn't know 100% until he got the truck and could lay it out. If he just goes to the tank I am going to add a couple breathers to the valve covers.
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