Re: [tech][valve cover gasket]

[Jody Bailey <scirocco8v@home.com>]

Thanx for the info boys.  Really quite easy, but I wasn't sure, and like
I said I need my car later tonight, so I just needed someone to tell me
it was as easy as I thought.  Sorry for being retarded :-)

Jonas Karlsson wrote:
> 
> Jody Bailey wrote:
> >So this may sound stupid, but I got my rubber valve cover gasket, but
> >how do I put it on.  Now I have not even looked at it, but I need my
> >car, and I don't want to take off the valve cover without being able to
> >put the new one back on. I don't have a spare cork cover.  Wich way and
> >how do I put the new studs in? TIA Once again sorry for the simple
> >question :-)
> >
> >--
> >Jody Bailey
> >85 Scirocco 8v
> 
> Jody,
> 
> Don't apologize for wanting to learn how to do something new.
> 
> The way I pulled my studs out is by "double nutting" them. (sounds
> dirtier than it is). Basically, after removing your valve cover and
> anything that bothers you because it's in the way, you take two of the
> nuts that hold the valve cover on and put them on one stud, one at a
> time. They don't have to go all the way down, in fact it's sometimes
> easier if they are up a bit. Then you tighten the nuts to eachother.
> (i.e. top nut clockwise, bottom nut counterclockwise. Then put your
> wrench around the bottom nut and loosen as usual. The top nut will
> prevent the bottom nut from turning and so the torque you are providing
> goes into loosening the stud out of the cylinder head. Repeat process
> for all the studs. You can also use the reverse process to tighten the
> new studs in.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Jonas
> 85 Scirocco
> 
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