!!! Valve cover question !!!
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Burning Brakes
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From: Parker, Colorado, USofA
!!! Valve cover question !!!
Installing this superram is like taking 468 steps backward to take 472 steps forwards! (I'm earning THIS merit badge, that's for d@mn sure!)
Do I need to remove the AC bracket on the passenger's side to remove the valve cover so that I can get to the bottom most bolts on the intake runners?
Do I need to remove the AC bracket on the passenger's side to remove the valve cover so that I can get to the bottom most bolts on the intake runners?
Pro
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From: Derby Kansas
Re: !!! Valve cover question !!! (RocketSled)
I didn't have to pull my A/C bracket for the passenger side on my '85.
The book says to pull the alternator bracket to get to the driver's side though. I used one of the tech tips above instead which I'll post:
"I noticed the cover for the wiper motor at the firewall and with just 3 screws to remove I had the the wiper motor cover off and enough room once I pulled off the plug wires at the plugs to move the cover back toward the firewall and off the head. By doing so I managed to clear the alternator mounts at the front and with a lot less hassle than removing the alternator."
The links on the red bar above has some pretty useful information if you haven't checked it out yet.
:cheers:
The book says to pull the alternator bracket to get to the driver's side though. I used one of the tech tips above instead which I'll post:
"I noticed the cover for the wiper motor at the firewall and with just 3 screws to remove I had the the wiper motor cover off and enough room once I pulled off the plug wires at the plugs to move the cover back toward the firewall and off the head. By doing so I managed to clear the alternator mounts at the front and with a lot less hassle than removing the alternator."
The links on the red bar above has some pretty useful information if you haven't checked it out yet.
:cheers:
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Burning Brakes
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From: Parker, Colorado, USofA
Re: !!! Valve cover question !!! (Ron78Z&85Vette)
Haven't even considered the driver's side yet. (GOD this thing's a mess, I hope like he11 I can keep the clean parts clean. :( *)
Following the 89 service manual, I removed the AC compressor from it's mounting bolts and moved it out of the way, but I can't seem to pull the cover far enough UP to clear cylinder #2's rockers. That frelling bracket is in the way. (IIRC you've gotta remove durn near EVERYTHING off the front to get that bracket off too...grrrr)
* = actually, just clean enough to run for two months...til the new motor's ready...then the old motor will sit til I rebuild it.
Following the 89 service manual, I removed the AC compressor from it's mounting bolts and moved it out of the way, but I can't seem to pull the cover far enough UP to clear cylinder #2's rockers. That frelling bracket is in the way. (IIRC you've gotta remove durn near EVERYTHING off the front to get that bracket off too...grrrr)
* = actually, just clean enough to run for two months...til the new motor's ready...then the old motor will sit til I rebuild it.
Safety Car
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Re: !!! Valve cover question !!! (RocketSled)
Removing the AC bracket will make the job much easier. It will take soem extra time to remove it, but it will make the rest of the job easier.
I always remove all extra items out of the way.
Take your time and work slowly for best results.
Vic
I always remove all extra items out of the way.
Take your time and work slowly for best results.
Vic
Burning Brakes
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From: Wichita, Ks, USA
Re: !!! Valve cover question !!! (jeffie86/96)
Just took mine off saturday. On the drivers side i dismantled the alternator and other bracket fopr clearance, didnt have to take anything off of the pass side. For both i had to take off the copper PCV tube and injector harness (just unbolt) . Try to pull them straight out, then use a screwdriver or somthign to get ignition wires etc. on the other side of the coers, then just strugle with them and wiggle them loose. real PITA thanks to the 1/2 inch flanges. :mad
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Burning Brakes
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From: Parker, Colorado, USofA
Re: !!! Valve cover question !!! (jeffie86/96)
Jeffie: That'd be Farscape. :) And the BBS software won't 'revise' it...
Everyone else: I got the manifold out and everything cleaned up, will attack the project again after I heal. :crazy:
Everyone else: I got the manifold out and everything cleaned up, will attack the project again after I heal. :crazy:
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Safety Car
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From: Honolulu HI
Re: !!! Valve cover question !!! (RocketSled)
Rocket Sled,
I don't know if the location of all the gizmos on your 89 are the same as my 91 but here is what I did. I got so tired of trying to get the valve cover off the passenger side that I finally used my Dremel tool and notched the AC bracket. Took about three extra minutes and now if I need to get off the valve cover it is a whole (hole :) ) lot easier.
Aloha,
Larry
I don't know if the location of all the gizmos on your 89 are the same as my 91 but here is what I did. I got so tired of trying to get the valve cover off the passenger side that I finally used my Dremel tool and notched the AC bracket. Took about three extra minutes and now if I need to get off the valve cover it is a whole (hole :) ) lot easier.
Aloha,
Larry
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Burning Brakes
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From: Parker, Colorado, USofA
Re: !!! Valve cover question !!! (Larry Mackey)
I'd been considering doign JUST that! (And have the bench grinder that takes that three minute process and turns it into an, um, 15 second one. :D )
Jeffie: >goofy far off look< Yeah, I guess I does! It was actually because the car looks like a sled with the top down, but it also went and stopped fast. (The rocket sled from the 60's space program is still the fastest accelerating and decelerating 'vehicle' designed by man...http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/trek/4wd/crash.htm) When I'd had the car for a while, I realised it really didn't live up to it's moniker...hence the 383 buildup in progress :smash:
This brings up another clueless newbie question: How do you set the valve lash with all this crap in the way? Disassemble, remove valvecover, reassemble, adjust one side, disassemble, remove/replace covers, reassemble, adjust, disassemble, replace valve cover? Um :bs !
[Modified by RocketSled, 5:54 AM 10/22/2001]
Jeffie: >goofy far off look< Yeah, I guess I does! It was actually because the car looks like a sled with the top down, but it also went and stopped fast. (The rocket sled from the 60's space program is still the fastest accelerating and decelerating 'vehicle' designed by man...http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/trek/4wd/crash.htm) When I'd had the car for a while, I realised it really didn't live up to it's moniker...hence the 383 buildup in progress :smash:
This brings up another clueless newbie question: How do you set the valve lash with all this crap in the way? Disassemble, remove valvecover, reassemble, adjust one side, disassemble, remove/replace covers, reassemble, adjust, disassemble, replace valve cover? Um :bs !
[Modified by RocketSled, 5:54 AM 10/22/2001]
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From: Guam
Re: !!! Valve cover question !!! (RocketSled)
I just did my 86 a few weeks ago and I didnt remove anything to do it....I did have to muscle the drivers off becouse of the alternator mount....but all you gotta do on that one is either remove one bolt about 1/4 way out or muscle it and except the scratch it puts on the cover....I accepted the scratch and can touch up the paint afterwards.....
