chris gilbert
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• macon, GA, USA |
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• Registered on 9/4/2003 |
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 Posted:9/4/2003 21:56 |
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I THINK THIS IS THE BEST CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED AND I NEED TO KNOW ONE QUESTION........I NEED TO CHANGE THE VALVE COVER GASKETS IN MY CAR AND I NEED TO KNOW IF I HAVE TO TAKE THE TOP INTAKE OFF THE MOTOR IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE GASKETS AND IF SO, WHAT DO I HAVE TO REPLACE? IF YOU KNOW PLEASE LEAVE A POST AND PUT MACONMAN IN THE SUBJECT OR EMAIL ME AT [email protected]  |
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E. Long
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• Subscriber since 1/1/2001 |
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• Atlanta, GA, USA |
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• Registered on 1/23/2001 |
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 Posted:9/5/2003 00:36 |
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| Quote: | | I THINK THIS IS THE BEST CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED AND I NEED TO KNOW ONE QUESTION........I NEED TO CHANGE THE VALVE COVER GASKETS IN MY CAR AND I NEED TO KNOW IF I HAVE TO TAKE THE TOP INTAKE OFF THE MOTOR IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE GASKETS AND IF SO, WHAT DO I HAVE TO REPLACE? IF YOU KNOW PLEASE LEAVE A POST AND PUT MACONMAN IN THE SUBJECT OR EMAIL ME AT [email protected] |
Chris,
Welcome to SuperFord.org. While I'm not an expert on 1991 Crown Vic's, my guess is that it is a 302 or 351 in which case you won't need to remove the intake to replace the valve cover gaskets. Valve covers typically have 5 bolts holding them on...simply unbolt and lift the covers off.
Make sure to get rubber gaskets or if you can't find those, get a rubber/cork combo. Then they'll be reusable. Otherwise if you go with 100% cork, they will become grooved by the valve covers after you inititally tighten them and you won't be able to reuse them.
Good luck.
-Eric
'67 Galaxie 500 - 390 FE, .030" over, FE to AOD adapter, disc brake conversion. The Daily Driver.
'00 Excursion - 7.3L PSD, LANDYOT Gen-II Radius Rods, Factory Tech Valve Body, 200K+ miles and going |
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chris gilbert
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• macon, GA, USA |
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• Registered on 9/4/2003 |
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 Posted:9/5/2003 18:07 |
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thanks eric for all the help man, most mechanics told me that i needed to remove the top intake but i didnt know if it was true.......thanks dude  and by the way i have a fuel injected 5.0 EFI 302 |
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Posted:9/27/2003 15:38 |
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Hey Chris, post a pic of your '91, will ya?  |
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Elliott VanZandt
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• Aloha, OR, USA |
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• Registered on 9/11/2003 |
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 Posted:9/29/2003 10:52 |
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Sorry, but you WILL have to remove the intake upper....the upper log almost completely covers the passenger side valve cover, and also hinders the driver's side removal...so, you will also need to get a upper intake gasket to add to your parts list. |
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