Leak Around Valves? or Valve Cover? Options

[kbrunk1]

I have a sizeable drip going. (driver side)
I put the new slghtly oversized cork valve gaskets under the covers.
I used a tiny bit of ?forgot name? gasket seal to hold while putting in place (four corners).
One side is fine. no leak (passenger side)
I think the driver side is fine also concering the cork seal and the cover.
It seems the leak is coming from the round pipes going into the valve adjustment area where you set the valves (from back side where the cover goes).
Has anyone else had this issue?
Is this a drop engine repair? (hope not)

I have a spare set of cork seals and could try another round, but do not think this is the problem.
Oil hits the exhaust then runs downhill and drips at two spots.... real bummer...
Smoke and nasty smell....

[Dave_Darling]

The rocker arms come off. To do that, you remove the shaft they ride on.

Some tubes will hit the suspension console before they come all the way out of the head. You can still replace the seals with the tube only halfway out, hanging on the head by its middle.

You remove the pushrod tubes by pulling and twisting.

Do one cylinder at a time, set that cylinder to TDC so that both valves are closed and the rocker arms have a little slack. You can't get the torque spec on the rocker arm shaft retaining nuts correct if one of the arms is pushing against a valve spring.

Getting the pushrods seated back into the lifter cups can be a "fun" experience. It often feels like you need three hands to do it. If you don't get them seated, they'll stick out a little too far and push the valve open as you try to tighten the rocker shaft nuts.

The torque on those nuts is only 10 lb-ft.

Make sure to get the bent-wire retaining clip back on the tubes the right way, where the wire rests on the "shoulders" of the tube, and doesn't stick down into the tube.

--DD