I had to take off the pressed metal cylinder head cover (the one that says 'OHC') on my Honda GCV135 due to it having a big ding that prevented the rockers underneath from opening the valves. Put that on the list for 'rasons why your mower won't start'.
Now it's time to put it together again. But, what are the opinions of liquid gasket sealant? I just spent most of an hour carefully removing the remains of the factory-applied black rubbery sealant from around the head, without having the debris fall into the crankcase (from where, according to Sod's law, one tiny fragment will almost certainly lodge under the valve seat). Despite surgical care, one or two fragments fell in.
Now I'm going to just put more goop on (Loctite blue RTV is what I've got) and bolt down the cover. So that next time I open it, I can spend another hour scraping the rubbery goop off again. I dream of a cork gasket. Has anyone done this? Would it be an improvement, to cut a cork gasket and fit it instead of gasket goop?
