Hey all~

I've decided to take a stab at doing my seals rather than a complete head swap to cure my oil burning problem. That's where 90$ of my burned oil is going [:@][:@]

I can get an adapter for each spark plug hole to hook the compressor to, and I can easily remove the valve cover gaskets, but I'm wondering what i need beyond that. I know i Need some special spacers for the valve springs and a spring compressor, is there a special one for the 4.6L 2V? I have a buddy with a compressor so all I gotta really do is buy a few tools and the gaskets/seals... and I can fix my oil use problem for now.

anyone WHO HAS DONE IT or has seen it done, let me know! thanks

 

90% o fmy oil... can't type tonite

 

anyone? who's replaced just the valve stem seals, or am I the only one who has to do a repair and not a mod? lol

 

(the sound of crickets)

 

haha! Well I will do some tests and ask some experts I know in my area, and take a stab at it myself and try to make a writeup to help anyone else! I figure in the next 2 months I will do this repair

 

Valve seats ( think that's what they're called) which I think what you're referring to as spacers...


Also, it may be cheaper to buy the whole upper cylinder gasket kit, which comes w/ Intake Mani, Exhaust Mani, T/B, valve seals/seats, and some more stuff.. Everything to do a rebuild of the top end of an engine is in there..



JT

 

well... ford wants $106 for just the valve stem seals. I called autozone, and for a set of fel pro valve stem seals they want $20. So I think I'm just gonna get those and then buy the valve cover gaskets are $30, so like $50 ?? not too bad.

Just gotta get a compressor so I can pressurize the cylinders to keep the valves closed to remove the seals. And then I need to buy a few tools (valve spring compressor) and I can probably bang these out in an afternoon, and hopefully stop most of my burning oil.



how would you guys rate fel pro compared to original ford. I have been using fel pro and oem gaskets a long time and they both perform equally well from my experiences

 

Monkey dude... you ever get around to attempting this??

 

He doesn't come around much anymore. Do you have any question about doing this?

 

I recommend the Ford seals. Also the Ford tool will save you alot of hassles. You need to have an air adapter made up and an air compressor. I used an old spark plug shell. Dont forget to bleed your lifters before reinstalling the rocker arms.