Re: valve cover reassembly

["stupadazzo2002" <mopar2me@xxxx>]

Make sure they use a VERY soft medium and to minimize warpage from 
heat during the blasting process. Crushed walnuts works well. BTW 
you'll then have valve covers that stick out like sore thumbs as 
compared to the (not blasted) engine block.

As for the mating surface don't do anything to it unless it's warped 
in the first place. Don't mess up something that's not broken. If 
it is, I've done something as simple as placed it, mating surface 
down, on a large piece of affixed sand paper, that's on a level 
table, and gently sanded it back and forth until it takes a little of 
the warp out. Now, granted I've never done this to a DMC valve 
cover, but it's worked on other warped mating surfaces.