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Originally Posted by cali2008
Any threads for someone who has never done open heart surgery before? I don't have a garage to work in either, just outside under a carport.
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A carport should be fine for doing this job and you have the basic tools, not really all that hard as long as you pay attention to what you're doing, since you have never done this depth of work on an engine before I would suggest taking photos as you go so you can see how it looked before taking things apart, organize all the parts as you take them off, have ziplock baggies for small parts, nuts and bolts, label the baggies if need be, have plenty of grease rags/shop towels, a few pair of medium duty latex or mechanic's gloves will help to keep your hands mostly clean, I also like to have a table or cart or similar to put things on so they're aren't on the ground or vehicle, etc., etc.
I found 2 topics, one is very well written with a parts list, list of tools needed, etc. and has a lot of photos...but the photos are from Photobucket and since Photobucket has started being a pain in the a$$ and charging a ton of money to host photos all the photos are blurred out, the second topic has a few photos but not many showing all the steps and the write up is not all that great, but the photos are clear and in focus, so using both topics may help you do the job, but if I were you I would search YouTube as well and there may very well be few videos to help as well.
Here's links to the topics, the first one is the well written topic but out of focused photos.
Valve cover gasket replacement
4.0L V6 Valve Cover Gasket Replacement