Clifford Valve Cover

[DANsCJ7]

My learning experience with a Clifford Valve Cover I purchased for a 76 CJ7 AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l :
The valve cover was pricey, especially as it came unpainted
The gasket provided would not fit without trimming. I opted to buy an original style felpro cork gasket with alignment tabs, and cleaned up the indicated slots on the cover to fit (see pic 15 green arrow for exampple)
The valve cover required several dry fits so I could grind out the reliefs to clear several of the head bolts (see blue arrow pic 15 for an example). The provided weatherstrip glue worked perfectly to attach the gasket to the cover. Follow the directions closely after 'fitting' the cover and gasket, and you'll be good.

 

[PaRenegade]

I've had mine on for about 20 years now but I don't recall having any issues with it.

 

[DANsCJ7]

Due to leftover casting material in the head bolt recesses of the valve cover I could not line up the cover bolt holes. I do not know if all of the valve covers have this problem, but mine did. My AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l is a 1976 with california smog, perhaps this contributed to clearance problems. The change to an original style gasket was my own. If I wanted to use the Clifford version I could have removed 1/8 in from one edge and it would have worked. But like the tabs because they indicated the gasket has not shifted during install.

 

[newbie1960]

I used to have problems with my valve covers leaking on my K5 Blazer (Chevy habitual leaky valve covers), threw away the gasket and used "Blue Permatex" gasket. never had another drip of oil, had to let the sealer set 24 hours.