I just bought this 98' f150 v6 and while doing a valve cover change, (cover had a crack) i broke the two bolts in the far back of my passanger side valve cover. They are very difficult to get to and i didnt have a torque wrench so they broke. They are flush and i cant get in there to try to turn them out with anything. Its an old truck and im not expecting it to last forever so is there some way i can brace on the cover to pass emissions? Please help

 

I had that problem once, on my last f150. they snap very easy. I had only snapped one towards the front. My fix: a decent sized dot of ultra black rtv. Sounds stupid, i know and thats not the right way, but it worked. put on the felpro gasket and some rtv along that bolt and I never had a leak. You braking 2 next to each other ( I think ) may make it a little bit more of a gamble. but it may get you to the shop, which is where they will drill out and re-tap in new ones.