Thanks for the tip. My valve cover will go back on tonight. I took it off and polished it while chasing down my oil leak (write-up and pics to come, and also pics of the backrest mounts; I haven't forgotten...). I used a miniature wire wheel while holding a vacuum right next to it to clean the old gasket.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Ross M. Jamison < ross.m.jami...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I am in the process of changing the valve cover gasket. So I'm cleaning > the oil off, mainly the front of the engine. I bought this "orange" cleaner > in a spray bottle at Wally World and it work great. Just spraying the > grease made it come off. I will have to do some brushing to get the > crevices. This stuff must be similar to Orange Blast, which I've used on > dirty greasy engines with good success. > > Thank you, > > Ross M. Jamison > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.