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#468546 03/31/22 05:02 PM
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G'Day All,
Anyone come across a valve cover for the 4 cylinder engines produced by Hayes Ionia ?
The attached tag reads as follows:

A HAYES PRODUCT
HAYES SILENCER AND OILER
FOR CHEVROLET CARS
Manufactured by HAYES-IONIA Service Co.
Grand Rapids Michigan
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Curious, what does the inside look like does it differ from the factory model, ray

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Hi Ray,
Hope You and Yours are having a Good Holiday Weekend !
The inside looks pretty much like any other one that I have seen. I have other valve covers of the same basic type and i'm not cognizant of what would make one "correct" for any particular year. I have a 25 sedan and have the twin valve covers. This cover was on a 24 Chev engine and tranny that I acquired. I had another valve cover kicking around that had a metal tag from "EATON'S" which you may or may not know was a century old department and mail order company in Canada until they folded around 1990'sish.
This HAYES cover is not in great shape and has actually rusted through in a couple spots on one side. I was just curious about this one.
Thanks for the response and take care..............Joe...........

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If my memory is correct, the 4 cylinder engines before 1925 did not have valve covers. Since the cover came off a 1924 engine, perhaps the Hayes valve cover was an early after market accessory to save the driver the nuisance value of having to oil the rockers individually at regular intervals?

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Neat Piece. I had never seen one of those before.


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Thanks for the responses.
It would be interesting to know exactly when the first after market ones were produced. As Franco eluded to, I wonder how many would have ended up on pre 1925 models, and I'm not sure what stud holes would have been available in the early heads to properly mount them.

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All that is needed to install valve covers on the earlier 4 cylinders is to swap out two rocker arm hold down bolts with two double threaded studs and a washer and nut.


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Thanks for that SSG26K...............Joe...............

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Joe, let me make a correction to my statement so I don't mislead anyone. The double threaded stud will have a hex nut in the middle instead on being just a round unthreaded shaft in the middle.


Steve
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