Hi Brad :
Condolences.
I have the similar alloy valve covers that have Tiger on them.
I had an exhaust manifold bolt spit out on the driver's side, (you are lucky
your leak is on the pass. side!) and the gasket damaged on a trip, and
couldn't get at it until I returned home to my garage and the myriad of
special tools I have made up to get at the spark plugs on the driver's side.
Everything on that side had to be removed to get at the ex. manifold,
including the valve cover.
I had to remove the valve cover to remove the ex. manifold gasket, as the
cover hangs out over the edge of the cyl. head, and wouldn't allow the
gasket to pass by.
That rear allen head bolt was a bugger. I got it out with a 1/4" drive allen
key with a couple of short extensions and two universal joints. Ron's tip
to blow out the hole is a good one. I was fortunate that I had installed the
covers with ARP allen bolts, as they have a deep socket hole, into which I
stuck some aluminum foil to make the key a tight fit, so it wouldn't drop
off the key when it cleared the hole.
Getting the cover off was another problem, but with some patience and finely
honed Chinese puzzle skills, it can be removed. Just keep at it and try not
to scratch that cool cover too much!
Also, a good trick with Small block Ford valve cover gaskets is not to
tighten up the cover bolts too much. Barely finger tight and a bit is
enough. The steel covers distort easily and rise up almost out of contact
between the bolts. The alloy ones crack very easily. It's amazing how well
they seal with very little pressure.
Good luck with this Brad, and happy knuckle whacking!
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "hallmotors" <hallmotors@cox.net>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 12:46 PM
Subject: [Tigers] Valve Cover Removal
>I have an oil leak from the passenger bank valve cover onto the exhaust
> manifold (toward the back, say above about at the #3 or #4 cylinder
> location) and thus need to remove the valve cover to install a new gasket.
> My Tiger has the original 260 engine with LAT-8 Aluminum finned Tiger
> Powered by Ford valve covers attached with allen head bolts. I've looked
> at
> what I could find in the archives on removing the valve covers but am
> still
> looking for advice. I basically have three questions, 1) can this style
> valve cover be removed without dropping the engine, 2) I'm having problems
> getting an allen wrench on the top back valve cover bolt and it appears
> there's no firewall access hole for the passenger bank; any advice here,
> and
> 3) once the bolts are out, any advice on how to get the valve cover up,
> over
> and off.
>
>
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> Brad Hall
>
> Wichita, KS
>
> LRXFE609
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