Jim Rosenthal
Supporter
..sell thin original style Ford valve covers for SBF engines..which don't seal. They are so cheaply made that when you tighten them down, the distort and can't compress the gasket. The oil leaks out between the valve cover spacer and the cylinder head.
They are sold as a pair, and the illustration in their catalog shows them with a breaker cap. Only one has a breather cap, however, and the other one has a PCV grommet and opening. So, if the engine doesn't use a PCV valve, you have to buy two sets of thin cheap valve covers. Presumably this is so the engine will leak from both sides, not just one.
They do not accept used parts back, even if they did not work right, so I am stuck with two sets of valve covers, one set of aluminum spacers, etc. All this is going into the metal recycling trash. I am going back to the Canton valve covers. They may not look original, but they are sturdily made and don't leak. Maybe we can find breathers for them that are not chromed.
This isn't the first problem with Mustangs Unlimited, but it will be the last one. I'm tired of cheap parts which look like the real thing and then fail to work as they ought to.
They are sold as a pair, and the illustration in their catalog shows them with a breaker cap. Only one has a breather cap, however, and the other one has a PCV grommet and opening. So, if the engine doesn't use a PCV valve, you have to buy two sets of thin cheap valve covers. Presumably this is so the engine will leak from both sides, not just one.
They do not accept used parts back, even if they did not work right, so I am stuck with two sets of valve covers, one set of aluminum spacers, etc. All this is going into the metal recycling trash. I am going back to the Canton valve covers. They may not look original, but they are sturdily made and don't leak. Maybe we can find breathers for them that are not chromed.
This isn't the first problem with Mustangs Unlimited, but it will be the last one. I'm tired of cheap parts which look like the real thing and then fail to work as they ought to.