My of you guys got any alive for me on changing my valve cover gaskets and exhaust manifold gaskets on my 91 302?

 

Any* and advice* I hate doing this from my phone

 

Anytime I fool with exhaust bolts, I try to leave the truck parked for a couple of days and soak the bolts with penetrating oil spray, such as PB Blaster. Also I try to use a little finesse rather than brute force, so as not to snap the bolt - which leads to a bigger and better 'opportunity to excel'.

Been a while since I've done the valve cover gaskets - thinking the passenger side was the bigger challenge, but cannot remember whether I had to remove the intake plenum, or if just removing the plenum brace was sufficient. Be sure not to overtorque the new gaskets, distorting the cover.

 

when doing exhaust bolts/studs(or any rusted bolt/stud) tighten it down just a hair then loosen it. also as said before let it soak in some PB for a day or so.

also if they are studs, use a toothbrush sized wire brush to clean them up a little bit and knock the heavy rust and gunk off.

 

did mine last month. The passenger side is the PITA. the upper intake has to come off. I do not remember what size but the middle of the intake requires a torx bit. you will also need about 10" of extentions. as small as possible seeing as the gap is not big at all. take the wires off of plugs and write the numbering on them so you make sure you put them all back right. Use a torque wrench. also, felpro rubber gaskets seem to do great. you can use rtv on it, warranty says it will void but autozone said they will still honor it because they would do it if it were them. also, you have to take the throttle body off but do not have to remove the iac from throttle body. waste of time. hope this helps!