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Nontwisty396 · 06-28-2016, 11:47 AM

I had a similar problem on a truck I worked on a while back. I ended up taking the carb bolts out far enough to raise the carb to get the valve cover clearance I needed. Of course then I had to replace the carb base gasket, but that was nothing compared to the potential time lost trying to remove the fitting...
May not be the solution you wanted, but it might work in a pinch...
If you have any brake line wrenches, they work well on basically any pipe fitting on your rig.

06-28-2016, 11:47 AM	#2
Nontwisty396 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Albany Oregon Posts: 34	Re: 87 GMC Sierra 1500 valve cover wrestling match I had a similar problem on a truck I worked on a while back. I ended up taking the carb bolts out far enough to raise the carb to get the valve cover clearance I needed. Of course then I had to replace the carb base gasket, but that was nothing compared to the potential time lost trying to remove the fitting... May not be the solution you wanted, but it might work in a pinch... If you have any brake line wrenches, they work well on basically any pipe fitting on your rig.