Changed out my valve cover gaskets
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Melting Slicks
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From: Round Rock, Texas Texas
Changed out my valve cover gaskets
My valve cover gaskets were toast and had been leaking a bit of oil this week.
I was hesitant at first, but my buddy John had the manuals so we removed his heads first. (He had a blown head gasket)
Not that difficult really once you figure out all the connectors and stuff.
We ended up having to buy a decent torque wrench after the Autozone POS torque wrench snapped one of John's valve cover bolts. :mad
Hmmm...maybe I should do a solid roller cam.
Now that I'm brave enough to remove the covers I should be able to check the lash every 5k. :lol:
I was hesitant at first, but my buddy John had the manuals so we removed his heads first. (He had a blown head gasket)
Not that difficult really once you figure out all the connectors and stuff.
We ended up having to buy a decent torque wrench after the Autozone POS torque wrench snapped one of John's valve cover bolts. :mad
Hmmm...maybe I should do a solid roller cam.
Now that I'm brave enough to remove the covers I should be able to check the lash every 5k. :lol:
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Melting Slicks
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From: Round Rock, Texas Texas
Re: Changed out my valve cover gaskets (dahoof)
Hmmm...not sure.
I was thinking about going today, but I'm going to have to see how the day pans out.
Would you like me to give you a call if we decide to go?
I was thinking about going today, but I'm going to have to see how the day pans out.
Would you like me to give you a call if we decide to go?
Burning Brakes
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From: Jonestown, TEXAS
Re: Changed out my valve cover gaskets (Scott97)
Hmmm...not sure.
I was thinking about going today, but I'm going to have to see how the day pans out.
Would you like me to give you a call if we decide to go?
I was thinking about going today, but I'm going to have to see how the day pans out.
Would you like me to give you a call if we decide to go?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Round Rock, Texas Texas
Re: Changed out my valve cover gaskets (dahoof)
I removed mine to install my headers....didn't bother to torque them down, just snugged them up.......
Not a whole lot to be sure. and no specific pattern to adhere to like the heads.
I have some work to do tonight. I was thinking Friday! Give me a call and we can hook up. Later...
Drifting
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From: SoCal
Re: Changed out my valve cover gaskets (Scott97)
Scott, was John the guy that had emailed me a few times? I got really busy at work and totally forgot to keep up with that email thread. Did yall get him sorted out? What the heck are yall doing using a torque wrench on valve cover bolts?! :crazy: Just snug em down, its not an exact science! :jester
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Melting Slicks
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Re: Changed out my valve cover gaskets (jmX)
Scott, was John the guy that had emailed me a few times? I got really busy at work and totally forgot to keep up with that email thread. Did yall get him sorted out? What the heck are yall doing using a torque wrench on valve cover bolts?! :crazy: Just snug em down, its not an exact science! :jester
We had the manual out and it said to torque 'em to 106 ip, and thats what we did. :lol:
Yeah, John is the guy who emailed you. We took the heads off and replaced the gaskets. Well, I wasn't there for the reassembly, so he broke the valve cover bolt on his own. ;)
He's already considering tearing down again to mod it some more, so it looks like I'll get a little more wrenching experience.
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Drifting
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From: SoCal
Re: Changed out my valve cover gaskets (Scott97)
I used to torque everything to the exact spec too, dont worry. I'm a programmer too :yesnod:
Now I figured out what is important to torque exactly and what isnt. It just takes time.
I'll send john an email apologizing about not replying...I've just been busy these days.
Now I figured out what is important to torque exactly and what isnt. It just takes time.
I'll send john an email apologizing about not replying...I've just been busy these days.
