Attempted spark plugs today only to find out the valve covers are on back order.... While at it however i snapped a few pictures of the engine. What strikes your attention the most?)

 

Miss the days of old where a spark plug change with new wires, distributer cap, rotor and pcv valve too less than a hour. Now I wont even attempt it. Too much clutter.

 

Are yu saying this is too much to attempt? I really need to get this done.....

 

I'm just going to copy and paste what I said in another post about the valve cover job.

You'll have issues getting the corner of the valve cover out from under the main harness, circled in red. Just do your best not to damage any wires. You may also want to get a new upper intake manifold gasket because you have to remove it and shouldn't reuse gaskets. Check the spark plugs while you're on bank 1 (near firewall) since that's the only time you'll be able to check on their condition, with the intake runners off, or just do a tune up since it's probably due.

 

No I"m not saying that. A lot of people change their own plugs on these things, I'm just not one of them. I pay my dealership to do all of the maintenance, besides it come with a 1 year warranty and he does a great job. In my opinion the dollars are well spent.

 

I did it myself on mine and honestly it wasn't too bad but it wasn't a walk in the park either, I do know my way very well around a car and have worked on many cars my whole life growing up. As Richard66 said your better off paying a mechanic to do it this way the job gets done the right way an you'll have nothing to worry about.

 

A mechanic is out of the question so i have to do it myself.....

 

Take your time with it, Patience is the key to this. Take pictures of everything under the hood before you start taking things apart this way you can always reference back incase you need any reminder for what goes where, And as always the great people here on the forum will help you the best we can!

 

What I think: The car has been in a collision and suffered front end damage. Engine looks fine. Broken overflow tank tab. Loose computer module near power steering reservoir. Looks like someone has hacked some wiring at the harness near the dip stick handle. And what the hell is up with that radiator hose connection?

Did all six plugs on mine in less than an hour with intake manifold gasket. Don't go crazy with the torque on the plugs. Why do you need to replace rocker covers?

You can do it.

 

the back three I took to the shop replace everything back there while they got it open save money in long run ... I got every thing off Amazon took my parts it was alot cheaper that way