I noticed a little oil spot in the driveway after idling today and sourced it to the passenger side valve cover. I took my tiny ratchet to tighten the bolt and it sheared off in the head and now spins and comes out of its retainer. Taking the truck down to Florida and I don’t have time to fix until after so I will be adding quart after quart of oil on our trip down now that the leak is worse but oh well. What is the best plan of attack to fix this when I get back?
I recall this side is a bear I think I have to pull battery box and coolant lines to remove the cover. At this point I don’t know if it pulled the threads out of the head or sheared off because there are retainers in the cover itself that don’t let the bolt come out. Is extraction an option?
I recall this side is a bear I think I have to pull battery box and coolant lines to remove the cover. At this point I don’t know if it pulled the threads out of the head or sheared off because there are retainers in the cover itself that don’t let the bolt come out. Is extraction an option?
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