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Old 09-04-2007, 08:09 AM
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Im doing the Valve cover gasket and Im wondering what the torque is for the bolts on the valve cover. The book says its 11ft-lbs but for the rocker arm cover bolts. Is that what they call the valve cover in the book?
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Old 09-04-2007, 08:34 AM
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You just need to hand tighten them snug. If anything, 9-10ft-lbs.
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thanks how about the spark plugs. I just put new ones in and now im noticing that there is oil coming out of the spark plug holes.
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Old 09-04-2007, 09:45 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by acidcrakker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks how about the spark plugs. I just put new ones in and now im noticing that there is oil coming out of the spark plug holes. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Did you inspect the seals under the valve cover for the spark plug holes when you had the valve cover off?
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No Im actually doing the seals today.
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THEY ARE 9FT LBS
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Old 09-04-2007, 11:03 AM
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Purchase a helms. You'll need it again.
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Old 09-04-2007, 01:12 PM
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Thanks. I got chiltons. Is helms better?
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HA. chilton is like the cliff notes. the helms literally tells you how to take apart and put back together the entire car.
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i think its actually like 8.7 ft lbs
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Old 09-04-2007, 05:41 PM
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Is it just me or are these things pretty hard to find. Can someone point me in the direction of where I can get a Helms?
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Nevermind I think I found the site helminc.com
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