thanks man, i saw your thread when i started researching this about 4 months ago. i know i will need to do the valve covers sadly i just replaced the valve cover gasket about 2 months ago. the only question i had is what all was included in that felpro kit you bought? cause im finding more gaskets i need then given in kits
in the valve cover gasket set, i got the felpro high end set, it included the valve cover gaskets that were not cork, they were made of plastic and rubber, and the gasket that can be used for the fuel rail to lower intake, on older rangers, it can be also used for fuel rail to upper intake. the gaskets for the upper intake to fuel rail for my 97 i had to buy as a separate kit, which again, i used felpro. the kit gives you 6 of the oring gaskets, but you only need 3 of them. for the lower intake to engine block/heads, i went with the oem Ford gasket, as it had rubber seals and not cork, and was only a few dollars more in price. for the fuel injectors, i got the felpro orings. each o ring kit only had 4 orings, so i had to get 3 kits at 2 orings per injector. i have the part number for all of these gaskets listed in my walk through
Make sure they give you the right valve cover gaskets. As far as i could tell the two valve cover gaskets have different shapes. The ford dealership gave me two of the same gaskets.
I had only had to get the two valve cover gaskets, lower manifold gasket, and plenum gasket and that was it. I forgot to get an o-ring for the egr tube into the upper manifold but apparently that wont apply to you.
Does he need a therm gasket? I left mine on, that nipple was a nice grip to help pull that manifold out.
as for the valve cover gaskets, they are the same. you just flip one over to make it work for the other side. just ask me how i figured that one out... lol
i forgot to do the egr tube oring too... didn't seem to cause a problem tho. not sure what the therm gasket is... if it is the thermostat, the new tstat should come with one, at least mine did.
AJ