So good day of taking stuff apart... next thing is changing the valve cover gaskets.. not done this a lot any walk through,threads or how to's? Thanks in advance

 

what kind of engine (carb/throttle body or tpi)

also does your car have a/c, and if you still have all the emissions stuff its probably going to be a little complicated.

my advice would be to pick up a haynes manuel or something similar from an auto
parts store

id walk you through it but i removed my snorkle, and all the emmissions tubes and hardware when i put on my headers. that was a long time before cracked open my valve covers.

the bottom line is this... its not a difficult job to replace the gaskests. 4 bolts on each valve cover and your done. the difficult part is getting the stuff out of the way so you can remove them comfortably

 

1988 2.7 FI yes it has the AC and all the emissions stuff is on there because I am in NY and it has to be :-( I got a haynes manual guess it's in there? Guess I will read scan though it.. Thanks for the help.. any other tips?

 

Tip: Start calling it a 2.8 motor, not a 2.7 - there is no 2.7 motor.

 

Ahh it is a 2.8 could of sworn it said 2.7 in the haynes manual... Thanks

 

Took me 5 hours to get cover off easy side(drivers side) on 84 Z28-RTV d gasket to cover and let setup overnight.It will probably take another 2 hours to get back together Had to just about pull air compressor to get cover out-The passenger side is much harder-any suggestions except for pulling engine-What a mess!!!

 

Hey TNT Z28
Whats your advice as far as removing all the smogger crap-I still need to do other valve cover gasket-Maybe I`d be better off to just toss the Smogger crap at same time-Looks like I`ll have to remove most of the stuff anyway--What has to be done to keep engine in syncro with computer when removing all that stuff-