How to remove Rocker cover and paint it.....

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Re: How to remove Rocker cover and paint it.....

Postby Paulm » Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:45 pm

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Re: How to remove Rocker cover and paint it.....

Postby Hexa-dB » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:20 am

sol-mate wrote:Can you get High Temp Laquer?


I got some in Halfords or the local motor factors - I think it was made by Gunk, the people who make the engine degreaser.
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Re: How to remove Rocker cover and paint it.....

Postby dan_miles86 » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:13 pm

I want to paint my rocker cover but i cant seem to get a new gasket anywhere.

Honda want over £40 and have to wait 2 weeks.

Gonna trying ringing round a few more places later, where everyone else been getting theres from?
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Re: How to remove Rocker cover and paint it.....

Postby sol'd out » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:03 pm

dan_miles86 wrote:Honda want over £40 and have to wait 2 weeks.


I find that very unlikely! Mine was only about £9 and got it within a couple of days. Admittedly mines a SOHC one but they can't be that different. Does the price they've quoted include the plug seals too (presuming they're similar on a DOHC)? PM nw_honda on here and he'll get you a price.
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Re: How to remove Rocker cover and paint it.....

Postby dan_miles86 » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:59 pm

Was £36+VAT

Its a really hard part to find, was suprised. Everywhere has the SOHC ones as the shops were keen to wind me up about :(

Found a local parts shop that can get one in for tomorrow for me, £21+VAT so not to bad in the end.
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Re: How to remove Rocker cover and paint it.....

Postby davecasserly » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:05 pm

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Re: How to remove Rocker cover and paint it.....

Postby sol'd out » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:26 pm

Looks good but I'd do the manifold heat shield to match if I were you. :wink:
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Re: How to remove Rocker cover and paint it.....

Postby Jd1986 » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:12 pm

That SOHC cover looks nice, must get round to doing mine but i keep putting it off.

Don't need to paint the heatshield get a nice 4-2-1 manifold like mine :mrgreen:
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Re: How to remove Rocker cover and paint it.....

Postby davecasserly » Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:41 pm

yeah, heatsheild needs sorting.... and my temp bit of foil around my cold air intake pipe thingy that started to melt
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Re: How to remove Rocker cover and paint it.....

Postby DanM2010 » Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:24 pm

i'm wanting to do this but i was at XO garage and gunther was telling me how someone painted there rocker cover but didn't cover something (I've forgotten what actually happened) and all the bits went into the engine so did you guys cover anything up while painting it?
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