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I hear alot about people snapping off the valvecover studs, and there are numerous threads on it. Mine isnt snapped though it is spinning and wont let me get the cover off.

My problem is with the lower right (the one with/next to the ground wire) stud. It just spins and spins without tightening and wont come off. I am going to pickup a new part at the dealer but was wondering if anyone has some advice on getting it and the valvecover off to fix it?

I dont want to start prying on things right away.

Thanks.

 

I've done that what I did was got a buddy and took a small flat tip screwdriver and applied gentle pressure upward until it grabbed.

I used a papertowel so I didnt gouge the vc.

 

Awesome, I was intending for that. I also just picked up a new stud and nut, but im sure the stud is stripped in the head right??? I would be wishing wayyy to much to have the nut stripped on the stud (steel vs alum)

Thanks.

 

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For something like this, that doesn't really bear weight, you can use a bottle of thread repair.. it's like an epoxy but it comes with some gunk to not seize to the bolt.

Otherwise, helicoil or the like

 

HELLS
YEAH!

Just got done working on my car and it turned out to be the nut! I had two studs that were pretty stripped, and the one that was spinning ended up needing to be cut off(hacksaw style). I put in two new studs and "rethreaded" the other ones with a new set of nuts.

All is well now, and i did a valve adjustment at the same time. Fixed up my low idle problem... many of my valves were a bit too tight (.005).

BTW... I thing my new compression tester is junked. They are supposed to hold the pressure that is pumped into them right? I mean I crank my motor and it jumps to about 150psi as it cranks, throttle open... then immediately goes to 0. Like 150-0-150-0-150-0 for all the cranks.

FAWK!