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Originally Posted by jay_bob
Hood: The center piece provides the upward pressure to make the hood spring upward to free the primary latches. Get a friend to operate the hood release while you lift the hood. This should allow you to get the hood open. When you pull the hood release it operates the primary latches on the left and right sides. The center piece is the secondary latch and the spring. Since the center piece is gone there is nothing to cause the hood to pop up and rest on the secondary latch (where the "tongue" pops out of the grill).
Valve cover: There are bolts around the perimeter then it does just lift off. It is aluminum, so not very heavy, but the gaskets can get sticky. There are 7 gaskets, one big one around the perimeter and 6 small ones on the injector wells.
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Thanks for your response Jay. I'll take a look into that tomorrow. I think the gaskets are all sticky and hard to get loose that's why it's harder to remove with all the permiter bolts loosened. Is it imperative that I remove that small piece that fell in the valve cover opening from the PCV boot? its so tiny about the size of my thumb nail. I don't want to do any damage. I have a couple days anyway before the tubing comes.
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