Well, all my hard work trying to strip the paint off the valve cover did not really pan out. It really does look more messed up now than it did when only some of the black paint was flaking off...
So I will be looking to have it sand blasted. I've read here about the concern people have with sand getting into this part I photographed of the "under cover " Should I just undo the three screws holding it in place (I assume) and remove this part while the cover is being worked on - or is this a bad thing ?
Last but not least - There is gray paint under the black.When you sand blast, where do you go ? Shiny metal ? any reason to repaint at all ?

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