Technical 303 Olds Valve Cover Torque Specs

Does anyone have the torque specs on the valve cover bolts?

I don't have a manual yet, and CANNOT for the life of me find them online anywhere.

Thank you!

 

Valve covers don’t really have a torque spec just tighten me down really and if you really need a number look at a small block chevy


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Sbc is 3ft lbs so no more than as much as it takes to tightened with fist around a rachet wrench

 

except a sbc is nothing like a olds really. sbc has 4 peripheral bolts where a 303 has 2 central bolts. I would think the olds would take just a little more pressure than a sbc. also matters if it's stock steel or aftermarket aluminum. some of the aluminum ones are not the flattest.

 

Just looked in my 52 Shop manual. There was no mention of a torque spec.
My 58 manual says 5-6 foot pounds.

 

Snug, that's all no more and no less.

 

Tighten them up with your hand on a wrench. If they leak, snug them up a little more...

 

Or use Dodge flathead tappet cover thumb screws...

 

This is going to sound a little cr*** Ok a lot but I am going to say it anyway. If you are torqueing a rocker cover or looking for torque specs to torque a rocker cover you are way over thinking it.

Just grab a wrench and tighten it down, if the gasket squirts out the sides you over tightened it and if it leaks you need to snug it a little more. Most ( not all) mechanic work is done by feel. I think that is why mechanics used to serve apprenticeships. Books are fine I keep a few around but the real education comes with time and a wrench in hand.

 

Exactly what I was getting at. It's a part that doesn't require a torque reading.

 

These might help as well.....http://www.fusickautomotiveproducts.com/prodinfo.asp?number=VCB578

 

I know but I speak Canadian.
We are nearly always on the same page I just read from the bottom to the top. Well that and you usually go faster than I do.

 

******, when someone asks a question like this, I can tell the wrenching hasn't happened much and there probably isn't a phone a friend option. if they don't have a "feel" for it, a torque spec that doesn't require feel may help him to prevent the next question which is, how do i straighten my bent valve covers....

 

My girlfriend says the same thing.

 

My friends snobbish ***hole of a half brother asked him how much to torque the valve cover bolts on his MGA. He told him 20 lbs. You guessed it, the *** broke off both of them!

 

It's the same as a Y-Block Ford.....Google it...

 

Thanks guys...it was more that they are leaking a little, I went a little more on them, and just feels like there is "more there", but don't want to overdo it. Sorry if I am over thinking it, but also didn't want to break anything is all. I have no idea if they have ever been off before. Sorry if it sounded uneducated. Thanks.