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um, hoses are a mixture..Some are silicon (the best stuff), which isn't cheap. The other is just some stuff that was available in red. Its water hose, which means its even stronger than needed for vacuum hoses.

All the hoses i got in melb at a place called Purple Pig (specialising in hoses). Not sure whether they have it up here.

I think i remember seeing some silicon hose kits in Autobahn for about $40. Another option.

Whats involved in doing the cam covers/rocker cover? how many time do u need to sand and polish it to come out nice?

You have to take them off. That involves getting the cover off, and then under there is the screws for the other sides. Take them off, put them on newspaper and start going. You'll need some heavy wet and dry sandpaper to start off with (120 grade or so) and then gradually move to finer and finer stuff (1000) to get the really shiny finish. Autosol is a metal polishing cream which also helps inbetween sands (autobahn, supercheap, kmart, etc).

You can also take it to a metal polishing place, that can do it for you, and probably give better results than by hand.

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You could always try Tony Powell plumbing supplies at Geebung, he usually has alot of good plumbing stuff and other pipes...

Also on the notion of polishing...

I did the rocker cover on my SR20DE, all you need is some 600 sand paper, then go 800, 1000, 1200 wet and dry and wet is the best option, then get a polishing kit from Bunnings that attaches to a drill ($30) and some rags and of course wax and grease remover and finally some metal polish...brasso everyone seems to have here...

Took a while cause I was drinking...but came up better than a mate who paid $120 to get his done "professionally"

Looking at doing the line's covers one day...

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predator Grand Master

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Rocker Covers aren't so easy to get off. If you have changed the spark plugs before you'll probably know most of the stuff you need to get off to get to them. Its mainly just getting the intake piping and things like that out of the way.

You can probably see the outside screws. The inside screws are in the plastic cover. Once you undo them all they just lift off. I don't believe you need a torque wrench for the cam covers to put back on - i definitely didn't use one. You shouldn't have to replace the rocker cover gaskets unless you somehow damage them while removing the cover.

So really its just a disassembly process. It took me I guess 30-40 mins to get them off.

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