tunedup

today is a nice day so i decided to paint my valve cover ...
i got some liquid wrench put it on and left it for about 5 mins
then i got one of those" L " shaped steel things because i dont have a socket wrench <--- i dont even think you can take it off with a socket wrench not enough room

finally my L shaped steel things werent cut out for hte job and they basically got strippped so now i cant even use those..

please help.

sinewave

If I understand you correctly, you used the wrong size allen wrenches. Did you round off the screws or round off the allen wrench? If you just rounded off the wrench, get the right size. If you rounded off the inside of the screws, you have got problems.

You MIGHT be able to get it off by using the WRONG size wrench. US and metric allen wrenches are usually not interchangeable, but if the screw is rounded out you MAY be able to force a slightly larger wrench in the ruined hole. You may want to leave this to a competent mechanic.

Three things that should be obvious by now:
1. Righty - tighty; Lefty - loosie
2. Re-install with new screws
3. Always use the right tool for the job.