Hello mustang enthusiasts I'm a novice when it comes to mechanical work, I can pretty much only do bolt on assembly work. I need to replace the valve cover gaskets due to an oil leak on the front left side above the oil filter and in the back of the 302 engine. Now it seems the upper intake has to come off and all the vacum hoses plus wires. Does anyone have good instructions from disassembly through reassembly valve cover gasket intstructions or perhaps a link to some instructions? Thanks guys.

 

Link to remove the upper intake:

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/Detailed/2007.shtml

You don't indicate what year you have but this the vlave cover gasket I would use:

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...-Cover-Gaskets

Don't over tighten the gasket. It is only just about hand tight or about 5ftlbs of torque on the valve cover bolts. If you use the above gasket it is really hard to over tighten them with the metal core so don't crank the bolts. use a pattern and then just go over them again real quick.

 

If you are planning on doing further repairs/upgrades, a haynes or chiltons repair manual would be your best friend, I've used them and I think they are great

 

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