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hello there. does any one know a good way to tighten valve cover bolts? my manual says 44-80 inch pounds but i only have ft. lbs torque and no 1/2 10mm plus a few ft lbs doest seem tight enough for a major engine part. cheers
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hand tight, and DON"T crank on it. i use the wrist method: tighten with fingers till you can go any more and give it one good twist with the WRIST (not arm). it actually gets it pretty close.Trees aren't kind to me...
currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.
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crap tightened em more than that already. ill back em off and start again. hopefully not time for another gasket
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backed em off and retightened. seemed to work alright. cheerslight a man a fire and he'll stay warm for the night.
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good to hear!Trees aren't kind to me...
currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.
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