[V8] removal of distributors/valve covers

[Buchholz, Steven]

... if you've got the TB tools en route you might want to spend this
night bulking up for when they arrive by inviting your friends over for
a case of Labatt's ... 

You know, I've swapped a complete engine out of a car ... I've done two
timing belts ... and I've got a couple of loose heads in boxes in the
garage ... I don't think I've yet seen what's under the valve cover once
... I know that I do want to get in there on the heads I rebuild to
ensure the drive chains are in proper shape ... but other than that I
see no reason to be in there ... 

... you also posted a note about the tranny cooling lines ... if you
plan to remove the core support you really should plan to pop the tranny
coolant lines from the rad.  Note that it may take quite a bit of
coaxing to get them out, even after you've removed the bolts that hold
them in place.  

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)
> 
> Tonight I plan to take the spark plugs out as well as the distrib caps
> and valve covers.Tb Tools are not in yet.
> Any spark plug wires that I should remove ?
> One wire goes to the ignition coil and it seems very tight .I couldn't
> pull it last night.I'm not yet sure what has to come off to remove
caps
> and distributors.I see that the ignition coil is bolted to the
firewall.
> 
> Also on the passenger side the 2 fuel lines are in the way of the
valve
> cover .I thought of disconnecting them at the regulator side,one end
> only .Is that OK ?