After replacing DS front shock (thanks, FFR, for the quick ship), I decided I might as well jazz up the bay a bit after seeing all the other pretty bays on the forum. Some reminders:

1) RAGS - place rags in the cylinder head openings. Shame on me for this, but I dropped a stud in the head and luckily fished it out with a magnet pretty easily (after a quick change of underwear).

2) Related to #1, the nuts that come with the ARP valve cover studs are will NOT get picked by a magnet.

3) used felpro gaskets, no goop, no leak after tetsing

4) new valve cover (https://www.cjponyparts.com/ford-per...-351w/p/VC143/) came with long bolt to place in the upper center position (old cover had contour to use short bolt as the others) - it is TOO long. Cut it our use some spacers after some measuring.

5) studs (per BPE) torqued to 10 ft-lbs

6) nuts torqued to 8 ft-lbs




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