Thank you for posting this video, you gave me many tips to use to get my valve covers off. Helped me out alot cant thank ya enough

@DIYStangsandFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it did bro. It seriously has me fighting with it for about 3 days! Now it's got no leaks!!

My guy, I wanna thank you so much for making my life easier and many others as well. Now I can work on my Mach 1 more easier

@DIYStangsandFreedom

2 жыл бұрын

No problem, good luck in your repair, couple of beers help with the process!

Same issue, started to pull the cover and realized it would be much harder than my 67 lol Thanks for the info! Hope you enjoy your Mach 1, have always loved them!

@DIYStangsandFreedom

5 жыл бұрын

No problem bro. Yes I love these cars. 99-04 mustang, Cobra's, machs, saleens .. love em all

Thanks for sharing this video. Replaced my passenger side valve cover then went to replace my driver side valve cover and said well 💩. I saw the hydrobooster and really did not want to break the brake lines loose. This video helped me a lot.

@DIYStangsandFreedom

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it help bro. I love Ford. But they like to complicate their engineering , makes it hard for us average Joe's that want to bust out the tools and start wrenching away

Very helpful! I have a 03 Mach, same problem leaking into spark plugs.

@DIYStangsandFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, good luck on your repair. Some beers help keep the cursing down lol

I hope you know this video saved most of us!

@DIYStangsandFreedom

3 жыл бұрын

I hope it does help man! This job gave me migraines lol

Thanks for all the help shes up and running

@DIYStangsandFreedom

5 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help bro!

Man I was laughing to myself the whole time I watched your video. Every time you said it was a pain in the ass I just remember doing it myself and it IS a pain in the ass! Fortunately for me, my AC pump was out when I did the passenger side so I didn't have to mess with the intake but if my AC wasn't already out I think the passenger side tip would have really helped. Also, you are 100% right on, unbolting the hydrobooster is the way to go on the drivers side.

@DIYStangsandFreedom

3 жыл бұрын

Bro let me tell you , this jump was a pain in the ass. I was working on this thing I think for 2-3 days.. I was beyond fed up with this crap lol

Yeah I fked up thinking it was gonna be easy lol then my tube seal's fell off the cover and I had to pull the booster. If your doing it just to paint it I wouldn't suggest it lol😂 well now I gotta daily the rodeo till the weekend 🤗

@DIYStangsandFreedom

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah bro tell me about it! It's even harder on the Terminator cobras. But hey that's what likes to do , make it complicated for the average wrencher lol

Great video! I’ll probably have to do this in the near term to see if I have bad valves or bad piston rings.

@DIYStangsandFreedom

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother. Good luck. Our motors are powerful but they sure are a little delicate compared to a foxbody 5.0 OHV

I have a 2003 MACH1 AT with 31,496 miles on it. While getting an oil change at my Ford dealer was told that my valve cover gaskets were leaking. Repair estimate was $1,541 which was mostly for 8hrs of labor. I asked to see the leak but they had already took it off the lift. After I posted a non-five star review was called by a service manager and asked to come back in to see the leak. What I saw was at that point only minor seepage, which they agreed with. Because of the high cost I got other estimates which were much less . I had one for $832 which they said they would do it for. When I showed them they said maybe they used the the wrong 4.6L engine and also suggested that the exhaust manifolds had to be removed. Not from my reserch. I have no signs of leaks on the floor, any burning or smoke or engine lights and no drop in oil level after a month. Since it doesn't appear to be an emergency I am still doing reserch and trying to get a lower repair estimate.

@DIYStangsandFreedom

Ай бұрын

Sounds like they are screwing you. The way I found out is removing my coil plug cover and inside the spark plug tube is where I found all the oil leaking into.

Dude I've been trying to remove the driver side valve cover for 6 hours now. Moving the engine down doesn't work. I got the braces off and exhaust off the headers with no luck lol. I'm gonna try this now. Thanks for the video.

@DIYStangsandFreedom

Жыл бұрын

Hope it works, it worked for my mach 1 but I can't Guarantee for the supercharged terminator cobras. Good luck man. I probably wouldn't do this job again, it was a bitch.

Thanks my dude. Been fighting with my 01 Cobras driver side valve cover for an entire day. It is annoying. Thanks for the help.

@DIYStangsandFreedom

6 жыл бұрын

SkepticalVex thanks bro appreciate the feedback! Yeah Ford just loves to shove big engines in a very small engine bay lol. This job is a pain in the ass but definitely save you 500-800 bucks that the mechanic shops will charge you!

@SkepticalVex

6 жыл бұрын

I'm rebuilding my engine, I got my passenger side down to the pistons and my driver side is just now getting the valve cover off,lol. 43k miles is baby miles but running low on oil makes you burn valves and pistons :c. At-least we have an excuse to go forged internals now and get some boost later since 01 cobras was all cast.

@DIYStangsandFreedom

6 жыл бұрын

SkepticalVex hell yeah bro! Make some vids on your build, love to see that! Yeah I've read and heard countless of times our engines burn oil at about 100k miles. It's just the norm.

@SkepticalVex

6 жыл бұрын

It was more than kind of hard, It was difficult as fuck to get that valve cover off it took me a while *first time*. I'm on the head bolts now and them shits feel like they are welded in there, haha.

@DIYStangsandFreedom

6 жыл бұрын

SkepticalVex good luck on the build dude!

Thanks man. Just changed my plugs and found oil in the wells just like you did. Looks like a real headache. Thinking about paying the local shop to do it after watching this.

@DIYStangsandFreedom

Жыл бұрын

Good luck man, it was like a three day job for me 😅

@mark30217

Жыл бұрын

@Angel Martinez Local shop quoted me at $700 plus parts. Dude looked at it and said, "aww hell." I keep asking myself how much $ should I put into this old 4.6? I'm not sure.

@DIYStangsandFreedom

Жыл бұрын

@@mark30217 it is a job for sure. I'd do it. What parts do you really need? Valve cover gasket kit $50 and rtv silicone. Reuse the same spark plugs. If you plan on keeping the car do it. Is it a Mach 1 or cobra? Or suv?

@mark30217

Жыл бұрын

@Angel Martinez It's a Mach 1 and yeah I'm keeping it.

@mark30217

Жыл бұрын

I can afford to have the shop do it but that's still pretty expensive. Now it's a matter of getting motivated.

You are the best man. Thank you loads for this!

Buy a cobra it will be fun they said! Ugh my passenger side was a pain and im on my drvier side I had to stop for the day and now it's been two days I don't want to go and mess with it because I know it's a pain ugh. But my spark plug gaskets are leaking also

@DIYStangsandFreedom

6 жыл бұрын

ClumsyGamer Lol! Same here! Took me about two days but it'll get it done and its worth. Since this video , no oil leaks from tubes

@ClumsyGamerGuy

6 жыл бұрын

Angel Martinez ya it was my passenger side that leaked and caused my car to miss but bought all of them thought I'd replace them all and paint it while they where off little did I know..

Hey man, not sure if youll get this. Barely seeing this video and it helped a lot. Um do I have to get silicone for the valve cover gasket? Only asking because i already resealed passenger side without

@DIYStangsandFreedom

5 жыл бұрын

No not necessary BUT alot of mechanics will tell you they put silicone on the inside of the gasket to hold it in place of the valve cover. the silicone helps to keep the gasket in place, as well as sealant. Hope that helps

Yeah those valve covers were a complete nightmare, I dropped the K member while doing long tube headers and even after dropping the K member and lowering the motor A LOT, it was still a struggle, got the covers off to replace tube seals and while at it painted the valve covers myself and I'm regreting it, should have had them professionally power coated because my paint job turned out to be shit even after spending plenty of time on prepping. Now I'm debating if it's worth it getting covers off again just for paint and its def NOT worth it.

@DIYStangsandFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

Yup!!! Only take them off for a gasket replacement!

Okay yea i have gasket sealant on the bottom thanks, also Im trying to take the booster off, i have all the bolts off you said except the bottom one on the booster. I have no leverage to loosen it. Any tips?

@DIYStangsandFreedom

5 жыл бұрын

Bro that one was the hardest one. I really tried multiple methods ,stubby wrenches and u joints and extension on a ratchet. I think what worked best was maneuvering my arm close enough to grab and wrench in their and loosen it. It's definitely not easy. Keep trying. Maybe search the svtforums

I went to replace the accelerator cable on my 04 Mach 1 and noticed it goes directly behind the drivers side valve cover and first thought was oh I’ll just take the valve cover off and boy was I wrong! I haven’t dug in to this job and off topic of just taking cover off, but do you agree the cover has to come off to replace the accelerator cable?

@DIYStangsandFreedom

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm I'm not 100% sure but I would honestly try to replace it without removing the valve cover! Hopefully you get lucky!

What symptoms do you have when the tube seals leak oil on the spark plugs?

@DIYStangsandFreedom

3 жыл бұрын

Misfiring! I got some misfiring check engine light codes. Upon further inspection it wasn't my spark plugs or wires going bad it was simply oil just drenching my spark plugs causing a bad misfire

Thanks for the video! Can you pull the passenger side head with the engine in the car? Any tricks or tips?

@DIYStangsandFreedom

6 жыл бұрын

Wait, do you mean removing the actual head from the passenger side? Honestly I don't know, I'd figure you would have to pull the engine. But check the forums I'm sure someone has done it

@bowmansmith2530

6 жыл бұрын

Yes - I want to remove the actual head. I’ll search the forums again. There isn’t a whole lot I can find on it.

@jacobgomez2682

5 жыл бұрын

Both heads can be removed in car, but personally is rather pull the engine/trans, it's more than a pain in car

@DIYStangsandFreedom

5 жыл бұрын

@@jacobgomez2682 thanks for the comment and helping out the community!

@thedohc1

5 жыл бұрын

The answer is yes. The fuel lines will have to come off and as for me I also pulled the upper plenum off with the throttle body together. My job included removing the lower intake to replace the runner gaskets and upper intake manifold gaskets. No problemo there. After that you will need to muscle the valve cover off and of course all the linkage cables for the throttle body first. The driver side is a different story. Looks like I will have to loosen the booster assy for clearance to pull the driver valve cover off.

How did you take out the lower bolt to the master cylinder?? I’m stuck right now.....i took of all the other bolts expected that one

@DIYStangsandFreedom

5 жыл бұрын

Oh bro I turned the wheel all the way to left I believe, used a short extension to remove it. Please review 3:57 and you see what I used

@ART_BUILTT

5 жыл бұрын

Angel Martinez i got that one off bro...i mean one of the 2 14mm bolts that connects the the brake booster and the hydra booster..or whatever it’s called

@DIYStangsandFreedom

5 жыл бұрын

@@ART_BUILTT you do have to remove the Black hydrobooster for this job. it is truly a bitch lol. you have to get one of the bolts from the inside of the dashboard, you gonna have to get into an ackward position to remove that bolt. The other bolt you have to get from the engine bay, I believe I used a metric wrench and was able to break it loose but keep it mind that it will be very hard to grab the bolt from the inside, so expect to struggle for 20-30 mins getting the one inside the engine bay. Now what I just shared with you is to remove the hydroboost from the fire wall. If you are trying to separate the master cylinder from the hydroboost then that's a different story and is much much easier. Hope this helps

@ART_BUILTT

5 жыл бұрын

Angel Martinez got it bro thanks I finally fished them up...my tube seals were leaking too

Wow, well then I wont bitch about doing cam covers on my mark viii anymore lol

@DIYStangsandFreedom

6 жыл бұрын

Derek Brewer lol just know that Ford has been doing this clever Tetris-like engineering since the 60s! Yeah you can get ur hands in the engine bay but damn!! they sure like to cram big motors in a small engine bay! Don't get me started on removing the starter for these cars lol!

@jeffreygrindle6396

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I have a 98 contanital got any tips for me it's looking likes going to suck trying to change these

when it was leaking was it misfiring? I think this is my issue but want to be sure before I start taking off the covers

@DIYStangsandFreedom

5 жыл бұрын

Yes sir! Oil leaked into the plugs causing a bad misfire and check engine light code

@cslegobuilder

5 жыл бұрын

@@DIYStangsandFreedom thanks man great video!

@DIYStangsandFreedom

5 жыл бұрын

@@cslegobuilder no prob!

How did you get the lower nut off the master cylinder

@DIYStangsandFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

Okay to answer this question, I need help remembering where its at... Is it underneath the dash board or by the fire wall... Well if it's by the firewall, try using a stubby wrench or regular size one or rigged up a bunch of extensions with a universal joint on your ratchet

Uhg I knew this job was going to be a pain in my ass got the change mine but its in a 98 Lincoln contanital

@DIYStangsandFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's not fun at all

@jeffreygrindle6396

4 жыл бұрын

@@DIYStangsandFreedom front side looks easy as pie the back is a different story guess I'm going to have to break the motor lose and use a cherry picker to hold it up while I change it love the car but doing any work on it's a nightmare

@DIYStangsandFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreygrindle6396 yup. Ford is pain in the ass sometimes

Hack!!

@DIYStangsandFreedom

6 жыл бұрын

angielover100 what?