Re: [BaadAssGremlins] FIRE! Plastic Eagle valve cover wanted

Eddie, check this guy out. $69.99 polished aluminum

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/81-86-JEEP-CJ-4-2L-ALUMINUM-VALVE-COVER-83501398K-AL-S_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33627QQitemZ8032659332

Brian

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From: eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

To: baadassgremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; AMC List ; Doug Shepard

Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 1:52 AM

Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] FIRE! Plastic Eagle valve cover wanted

If anyone has a good one for sale, let me know, had a car fire not once but twice last night, first car fire I have had since mid 1970s. Not sure what caused it but the middle ports below the carb on the intake were glowing red, and it set the dried oil there on fire. I luckily grabbed a pitcher of water after pulling over on I-10 and put it out. Decided to drive it home as it ran fine, but also took a Tupperware jar full of water again, and right as I turned corner at my house it burst into flames again, the whole valve cover was melted and the hoses too, so I must have been on fire hauling ass down Brittmoore at 70mph, luckily no traffic. So have to change oil now too, replace the valve cover (anyone have any tips on doing that on a 82 Eagle?) and change some hoses. I ran the car after putting out the fire the second time, and moved the distributor a little as the car had been backfiring recently, but don't know if this is what caused the fires. After moving the distributor however it idled and ran fine and the middle posrts didn't glow, but hell, oil was pumping on them and didn't want to run the engine long with watery oil either. So if someone has a good used valve cover email me directly, and if anyone has any tips on what caused this mess and/or how to change a plastic valve cover on a Eagle, feel free to post away here! Thanks a lot to all who may reply. Eddie Stakes' Planet Houston AMX 713.464.8825 eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.planethoustonamx.com