Very informative! I need to replace my valve cover gasket as well and the pics along with all the posts afterwards have been most helpfull.

If I may ask while I am here..... I replaced my plugs and wires a few weeks ago and this seemed to smooth an idle problem out for a while but lately the idle tends to be rougher. Any thing you folks can point me to that would lead to my correcting this would be most appreciated. Thanks in adavce. Now back to your regularly scheduled topic already in progress.......

Any Tampa, Fl area members plan on doing the gasket replacement please contact me. Could be a good chance for us all to screw something up at the same time. Although we could do more harm than our local ford dealers service shop.


1996 Contour GL 2.0L ATX Zetec 88K Miles (no-mods)yet 2000 Lincoln LS V6 Sport K&N Air Filter Moded Airbox Borla Exhaust Kumho Ecsta 245/45/17 CDC Wheels "Unfortuneately this is about all you can do to this one"