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Valve covers
I just bought my first diesel. Got a smoking deal on a 96 QC F250. The guy I got it from was out of a job and it was way behind on maintenance. I've changed the batteries, ball joints and attempting to change the glow plugs.....I got the drivers side done but how in the world do I remove the passenger side valve cover???? Any other parts I should look into changing?
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I just bought my first diesel. Got a smoking deal on a 96 QC F250. The guy I got it from was out of a job and it was way behind on maintenance. I've changed the batteries, ball joints and attempting to change the glow plugs.....I got the drivers side done but how in the world do I remove the passenger side valve cover???? Any other parts I should look into changing?
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When I did the drivers side I just soaked the oil up with a rag. I did drop one of the glow plugs and it fell down the pushrod alley. After a short time of panic I was able to get it out. The passenger side doesnt even seem to have enough room to get it off without hitting the heater box?
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i didnt have any trouble getting the valve cover out because of the heater box. once it was unbolted it came out no problem. it just made getting to one bolt a little more difficult. as far as getting to all the bolts, i actually found the drivers side more difficult.
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wow..the drivers side was a breeze other that dropping the one. My buddy has the same truck and tried to change his. He did the drivers side two years ago and said the passenger side was too hard so he didnt change them. It gets too cold here to not have them working right. Didnt plug it in one night and it took twenty minutes to start! How many bolts are on the heater box?
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the drivers side was easy except for one bolt. the one right by the firewall. i just had to do the same thing on it that i did on the passengers side. put the socket on first, then put the ratchet on, break it loose, then spin it out by hand. none of which i would classify as "difficult", unless you call anything that you cant get an air ratchet on difficult lol.
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