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Message: <blockquote data-quote="glittle75" data-source="post: 543854" data-attributes="member: 8675">if you just found out your heads are from a 99, your gonna need new valve covers from a windsor. they have a oil fill on the passenger side, different bolt pattern, and different gaskets. your stock valve covers wont work. MAKE SURE you get the right valve cover gaskets!! the gaskets for your covers look like a big o-ring, nothing special. the ones you need have a 'ring' of gasket that goes around each bolt. you'll know if you got the right ones when you take yours off. and the manifolds are connected to your heads, your swapping heads, so uhhh, yeah they need to come off. so yes, you need exhaust manifold gaskets, and get the o-ring that goes on the passenger side manifold-to-midpipe connection. and not trying to be a dick or anything, but if you don't know the manifolds need to come off, maybe you should do a lot more research before you attempt this swap. its only as easy as you make it. if its your first time doing major mechanical work especially, it will take much less time if you don't run into problems, or stopagges. and you need to try to get the manifold-to-midpipe bolts off BEFORE you start anything else. first thing you should do for this swap is get the car on stands and get these bolts out. it seems to be the most time consuming part of the whole swap. they are a bitch. gotta use extension, swivel, and a deep well, and a big ass cheater pipe on your breaker bar. would be horrible to get the top end tore down, and take hours to soak the bolts and break tools just to find out you need to get some help. i have mostly snap-on tools, i snapped 2 extensions, one swivel, and ended up having to torch the bolts and back them out with an impact gun.</blockquote>