what all do i need to know/do to remove my valve covers for painting? fluid change? how difficult are they to get off? and info would be of much help. thanks

 

What motor do you have?

FWIW, the valve covers on an L67 are fairly easy to remove - you have to move two brackets out of the way (one is attached to the front head, one on the back). The actual valve cover bolts are simple, you just use a ratchet and either a 10 mm or a 13 mm socket, I can't remember which one.

 

I forgot about that bracket, but yeah they should just unbolt. Unless your oil passages are stoped up (which allow oil from the valve train to flow back to the oil pan), then you should not really have any oil come out when you remove the valve covers. If there are brackets in the way, move them, they should just bolt to the side of the block or something like that, and unbolt those valve covers and take them off!! The ones on the backside may be a little tricky.

 

He has the 3400 in his Monte.

They should unbolt pretty easily, but the rear one might be a bit of a pain, and get new gaskets for when you put them back on.

 

He had a 3.4

 

thanks guys lots of help. im just trying to prep for the break in the weather when i can get started installing all the things that santa (and hopefully the irs ) bought for my car

 

A common mistake everyone makes when you ask them what htey payed in taxes: "Oh, I got money back!" Well, you still payed taxes, but you got a little bit back the next year. You paid alright, you just got tricked into feeling like you're making money!

 

Some of us would rather pay a little more every paycheck and then get something back as a refund then to have to figure out how to make up what is owed. You learn to live on what you make and then the next year it's almost like getting a spring bonus, yeah it's your money but it's money that you really didn't count on. Just my 2 cents.

Sorry to get off topic there, back to what ya'll were discussing.

 

lol hey money is money to me im just happy to be able to afford to pretty my car up