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Old October 19th, 2011, 1:32 PM
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hey guys i have a 79 k10 I'm restoring. I have to change my valve covers cause they are bent and leaking. I would love to have the original ones but chevy discontinued them. So I'm going with some aftermarket ones. My problem is the pcv system. The valve covers i want aren't set up for it. I know what it does, and it isn't something i want to get wrong. So my question is how can i go about changing it so the new covers will work?
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Buy a pcv valve grommet from autozone (or wherever), take it, and valve cover to a machine shop. Have them punch a hole in it.
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Buy a set of valve covers that have PCV
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i would if i could find them, but i can't i have looked everywhere and no luck. I even work at a parts store and we cant even get them.
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What about a salvage yard?
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