<!-- from fixya rte -->Ford bronco timing chain cover bolts - 1987 Ford Bronco

SOURCE: SNAPPED WATER PUMP BOLTS

Unfortunately, I've had this exact same issue with my F-150 5.0L... The pump bolts go through the timing chain cover and into the block. However, if you're lucky, once you finally do get the timing cover off(which will have to be removed at this point), you might have enough bolt hanging out of the block to get a grip on and possibly back the rest of the way out. There is a penetrating spray on the market called PB Blaster that is the very best at freeing up seized bolts. Spray it down really good and give it a day or so to penetrate. Not too sure of what size of easy-out you'd need, but I ended up having to drill mine out and putting in helo-coils. It's a real pain, but aside from junking the block, it's about the only option available. One more thing...if you do get all of your bolts out, before trying to put them back in, make sure to take an air compressor and blow out all of the bolt holes as they tend to get a lot of corrosion inside that will, 99% of the time, cause even more snapped bolts when trying to reinstall your new water pump, as this is what happened to me. Hope this helps and from one guy who's had to deal with this headache to another getting ready to...good luck, and no matter what you might begin to think, a gallon of gas and a match are not a better way of dealing with it, though it will sound tempting. Try to have a nice day!

SOURCE: 1996 ford T-bird Lx V6

cover has 2-4 bolts at front of oil pan and harmonic balancer will need to be removed to take cover of of crankshaft.. lemmee kno if that solves your problem...chris..

Jason Phillips

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• Posted on May 19, 2009

SOURCE: I just replaced the front cover of a 2003 Ford, Ranger, 2.3

there are no timing specs for that vehicle, the vehicle pcm does all of that. always mark your gears and chains when you take them off. if you just replaced the cover and thats it, there should be no reason why you would have to set the timing-

SOURCE: does my 1987 ford bronco 2 auto,4x4 have a timing

Timing Chain system. Have you tried spraying a little carb cleaner in intake system to check if your getting fuel if it runs . Check fuel pump.Have you got spark?

SOURCE: trying to replace the valve cover gasket on the passenger of my 1987 ford bronco and cannot seem to get to it?

remove the valve cover bolts. remove the valve cover. scrape off the old gasket material off the cover and the engine. put the new gasket in place and replace the bolts and tighten...dont over tighten.