OK You guys talked me into doin it myself

[scruffboy]

I would like to replace my valve cover gaskets. There was some oil on 2 of my plugs. Are there two gaskets, or is it one big sheet? Will I have to scrape off old gaskets? Will crap fall in my engine? I have NA so throttle body should not be that hard. Mr.Nic says 3/8". I thought everything was metric? Where should I start when taking off throttle body? Will I have to take off intake manifold to get left side valve cover off? If I can pull this off, then I can do my own tune-ups and not have to worry about was this or that done. Any help would be appreciated. Oh, and sorry Mr.Nickleye, the drive from NJ to California is a bit much for me to locate an honest mechanic, which I'm sure you are.

Thanks folks,

James in NJ

[mrnickleye]

Yep...bit of a drive, but well worth it in a good running supra. You could "see" America.

3/8" drive metric sockets is what I meant. You will probably need a universal swival adaptor too. You only need to take off the "Y" part of the intake. You can leave the throttle body on "it".

get a valve cover gasket set from the parts house. it should have all the needed gaskets.

If the #3 VC gasket (center one to seal spark plugs boots) is crappy looking, you'll have to order it from the toy dealer ($35).

Gotta go now, I'll check back later tonight.

[ddmcse]

scruff you better make sure you don't have any more cooling system problems before you worry about some oil around the cam covers . just hate to see you do twice the work on those covers

[scruffboy]

Yeah, I was thinkin along those lines too. But I did get it pressure checked and they found no more leaks. I have driven this car kind of hard, and it has 127,000 on it, in a former thread someone felt the HG might have been replaced already. I think I'll wait for the weather to get a little nicer (maybe 3 months). Question for Mr.Nickleye, it sounds like you are tellin me there are 3 gaskets, 2 valve cover and center, is this correct? If it is, my center one is shot. And thanks, I see what you mean about the "Y", and last night I took lots and lots of pictures. I would suggest that to anyone, as I now have a reference if something falls off. You guys are very helpful. Thanks for everything.

Sincerely,

James (Scruff) in NJ

[mrnickleye]

You don't absolutely have to have the #3 center gasket, as it is there to keep debri out of the spark plug holes. If you spray clean your motor, Water will get in, even with a new gasket. I put a new one on when I did my BHG because I want things right, and I know the gasket will last another 10 years.