Guest HuevosRanchero Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) well since 'rita has neither low miles nor is going for any points at a show we had a slight mod this weekend. The original grey engine cover is in pretty sorry condition and all the mounting points onto the hard lines are snapped off sooooooo sourced a black cover from I believe a mid/early 90s pontiac?in very nice shape but there is a slight mounting difference at the PCV tag area. Note...I could have painted the original cover I suppose but I haven't had much luck with engine plastics ...especially light colors. Plotted a new mount hole from the originals location sorry for the fuzzy...had to clip the dangling hook plastic which is probably a mount from the original application. Continued with 1001 uses for mothers wheel polish by using it to clean up the intake...worked great with little effort. I like the contrastof the black cover...I cleaned up the lettering using a silver leafing pen and after gave it a coat of clear. Probably been done before butan easy mod that replaces a poor original. PS. You will need to use a standard nut to fasten the cover down since spinning the wing nut is now out of the question. Edited July 27, 2015 by HuevosRanchero (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cargirl Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Great post, the results look fantastic! I like the black appearance too. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) I like the black. It's a nice contrast to the other parts. I considered adding a black engine cover but I never got past just doing it with photo editing software. click to enlarge image Edited July 27, 2015 by Ronnie (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PontiacDude210 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 That looks really good. I prefer my motor cover free, but only because I didn't know there were black ones that fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HuevosRanchero Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 That looks really good. I prefer my motor cover free, but only because I didn't know there were black ones that fit. apparently these first gen covers are very fragile as far as the snaps to the hard lines are concerned. Stumbled onto the fact there were black ones by cruising on Epay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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