One of my Cylinder-Head-Cover chrome end caps came loose and was precariously close to falling off and being lost. I did not want to remove the head-cover so I had to resort to access through the two holes at the bottom of each cap. What a PITA it is to do it this way. I had to custom-grind a right angle Philips screwdriver and use this through one hole while peering through the other hole using a dentist’s mirror.
Ok, so I’m right handed, and necessity dictates that I hold this oddly shaped custom screwdriver, through the access hole with my left hand. My right hand is employed holding the dentist’s mirror and The MAG Light is in my mouth.
Just to make life even more fun, everything I see in the mirror is reversed while, left-hand and brain fight each other to coordinate this act, all with minuscule tightening movements and repeated repositioning of the tools. Half an hour later, cussing, with beads of perspiration on the brow, the job’s all done. If that cyl head cover has to come off again, I am going to machine myself four polished, billet-aluminum caps with attendant mounts that can be bolted on with SS Allen bolts from the outside.
Ok, so I’m right handed, and necessity dictates that I hold this oddly shaped custom screwdriver, through the access hole with my left hand. My right hand is employed holding the dentist’s mirror and The MAG Light is in my mouth.
Just to make life even more fun, everything I see in the mirror is reversed while, left-hand and brain fight each other to coordinate this act, all with minuscule tightening movements and repeated repositioning of the tools. Half an hour later, cussing, with beads of perspiration on the brow, the job’s all done. If that cyl head cover has to come off again, I am going to machine myself four polished, billet-aluminum caps with attendant mounts that can be bolted on with SS Allen bolts from the outside.
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