squawskier1080

Well, after reading about this I decided I might as well do it seeing as I had my wisdom teeth pulled two days ago and had some down time. So this morning I started tearing into my beloved stang, but after a throbbing jaw and a few hours I now have done the painting and will wait till tomorrow to reinstall. But idk about putting the cam covers back on - it was super tight getting them out, and I'm just gonna have to pray I get gasket to line up when squeezing the cover back under those wires. when will I learn...

Miracle

Getting the cam covers back on is easy man... just remember to use some BLACK silicone at the joint where the timing cover, cam cover, and block meet.

The gaskets are pressed in to the cover itself, so all you have to do is ensure that the whole gasket is still inside it's groove, place your silicone, place the cover on the head and start 2 different bolts at cross-corners on the cover, and you will be fine.

mac10chap

what wires??? you are supposed to remove the coil packs and hoist the harness above the valve covers, basically sit the harness on the intake manifold. there should be plenty of access space on both sides. you may have to remove the oil dip stick on the drivers side but that should be it, i didnt even have to do that.

you say get the gasket to line up. you need to put the gasket back on the valve cover itself. there is a groove on the under side to place it in. just sit the valve covers back over the bolt holes easily. the gasket wont fall out.

squawskier1080

thanks for the positive feedback. I'm going to look and see if there's something else I can disconnect to get the harness further out of the way, but it was pretty tight coming out. I think I might just be getting tired and grumpy from too much activity after mouth surgery.
here's the work station...haha

Miracle

Yeah I did mine while I had the harness all the way out of the loom when I did my supercharger install...



Right after this:



:lol:

squawskier1080

wow, that looks a bit nuts. Maybe one day when I've got more cash and know how I'll be able to get my hands that dirty

Boozshey

You don't have to hoist anything out of the way, just slide them under. You really are making this harder than it has to be. Should only be about an hour and a half install.

mac10chap

very true...but it is better to get that harness up a little bit to ease the installation. just assures that you wont put any knicks in that fresh paint job.

squawskier1080

Ya, one of the problems I had getting it out was the bolts kept getting hung up. I'm going to remove the COPs when I go to do the reinstall.

Boozshey

You didn't remove the COP's??? Dude, just follow this...

https://mustangforums.com/forum/2005...ll-w-pics.html