Torque Specs... Valve Cover

[MatthewDavid]

I was just wondering how tight should the valve cover be on a 97' Mark?.. is there any specific torque?... I got a OEM gasket kit I'm gonna put in... all rubber I believe if that matters over cork... thanks again you guys are the best!!

 

[slowmkviii]

71-106 lb/in (8-12nm)

 

[MatthewDavid]

cool thanks a lot man!!

 

[chicken]

pleast take note those are INCH/lbs, not ft/lbs

 

[ripped camel]

I'm doing the same today. Isn't that a wide variance 71-106? and how do you convert that to inch/pounds?

I know don't recall threads from the past, but why start a new thread siting the same question when it was already asked. I just needed the numbers clarified. I thought that was quite a big margin of error.

 

[catmech]

most torque specs will have a varience. most of the torque specs i deal with is plus or minus 50 lb ft. this is in the caterpillar world.

 

[ripped camel]

most torque specs will have a varience. most of the torque specs i deal with is plus or minus 50 lb ft. this is in the caterpillar world.

cool. How do I convert from inch/pounds to ft/lbs?

 

[LaserSVT]

Divide by 12.

Seriously, 12 inches in a foot so thats the conversion. The specs for my 96 Cobra was 6-9 ft/lb and if you do the math then thats 72-108 in/lb which is damn close.

 

[ripped camel]

Divide by 12.

Seriously, 12 inches in a foot so thats the conversion. The specs for my 96 Cobra was 6-9 ft/lb and if you do the math then thats 72-108 in/lb which is damn close.

Thanks. I'm not in the know with things like that. I'm a fast learner, but it's the whole getting the info to learn part that's a bitch....

Thanks bud.

 

[kustomizingkid]

I usually set my torque wrench dead nuts in the middle of the range and hope it falls somewhere in there....

 

[catmech]

look up the true conversion online. there is bound to be a conversion chart somewhere on the web.

 

[LaserSVT]

look up the true conversion online. there is bound to be a conversion chart somewhere on the web.

The true conversion is to divide by 12.

http://www.srtorque.com/torqcon/tcip.html

 

[NowAndLater]

I hate to be the necromancer but for future reference

Took me 6 hours to find something official so I thought it was worth it to post and maybe save someone a lot of valuable time.

edit: removed picture because even that one is wrong.... nvm.. I'm an ijit.

Sure would be nice to see a diagram of sequence and torque settings...

 

[chris2523]

71-106 inch lbs.
start in the middle, work outwards.
it'll be fine.