Valve cover gasket replacement

**Toasty** · 02-02-2008

Originally Posted by UR LOSN

when you have the engine rocked forawrd, there should be plenty of room...as there is about 4-5inchs away from the firewall....

when i changed the plugs in my regal, i didnt get that much play out of tilting the engine forward...

here's my solution, not using a tilting tool (assuming inside a garage, hopefully with wall/immoveable object close by)

-- remove dog bones.

use ratchet strap from wall to engine lift bracket... ratchet snug, will pull engine forward -- dont pull too much, dont want to break anything (if you havent removed the air filter box yet, do that first)

**SyntheticShield** · 02-02-2008

Originally Posted by Toasty

-- remove dog bones.

use ratchet strap from wall to engine lift bracket... ratchet snug, will pull engine forward -- dont pull too much, dont want to break anything (if you havent removed the air filter box yet, do that first)

Im going to have to go tomorrow and find me some small ratchet straps and try that out, that sounds like a perfect solution.

**J_Ferguson** · 02-03-2008

Yeah you just need about 3 feet of strap and the hook end
Put the rachet back on the strap...
Remove dog bones hook onto the rad suport Big hole and slide
Bolt back into engine mount with hook
shift car into " N " and pull engine forward Put car E brake on...
fast and easy...

**Toasty** · 02-03-2008

Originally Posted by J_Ferguson

Yeah you just need about 3 feet of strap and the hook end
Put the rachet back on the strap...
Remove dog bones hook onto the rad suport Big hole and slide
Bolt back into engine mount with hook
shift car into " N " and pull engine forward Put car E brake on...
fast and easy...

hmmm hadnt thought about using the rad support.

would have saved me from having to duck under the ratchet strap to the wall!

**Toasty** · 02-03-2008

Originally Posted by SyntheticShield

Im going to have to go tomorrow and find me some small ratchet straps and try that out, that sounds like a perfect solution.

i think i used a 1" one. I have some heavy shelf brackets in the front of the garage bolted to the wall with self-tapping lag bolts (These are AWESOME, but you gotta have a good drill driver to use em) and i just hooked the ratchet strap hook to the angled part of the shelf bracket

**IndeedSS** · 02-03-2008

Here is the engine tilter I have. LISLE 48260 - TRANSVERSE MOUNT ENGINE TILTER GM FWD It just goes in place of one of the dog bones and safely allows you to tilt the engine to the degree you need.
PRJ used the method of pushing the car forward and setting the parking when he did the TOG intercooler install. I prefer the tilter method as you have control over how far the engine tilts.

**SyntheticShield** · 02-03-2008

Originally Posted by Toasty

i think i used a 1" one. I have some heavy shelf brackets in the front of the garage bolted to the wall with self-tapping lag bolts (These are AWESOME, but you gotta have a good drill driver to use em) and i just hooked the ratchet strap hook to the angled part of the shelf bracket

Thanks for that bit of info.