Patent ID: 7051695

Claim:
A method for removably securing a valve cover and gasket to an engine block comprising the steps of: providing a bolt including an elongated threaded rod and a bolt head, said rod having a bottom end and a top end, said bolt head being integrally coupled to said top end; providing a nut being threadably coupled to said rod such that said nut is positioned between said bolt head and said bottom end of said rod; providing a spring being positioned on said bolt, said spring having a generally frusto-conical shape, an upper end of said spring having a smaller diameter than said bolt head, a lower end of said spring having a diameter larger than said nut; and extending said bottom end of said rod through the valve cover and gasket and into the engine block such that the rod is threadably coupled to the engine block and the nut abuts the valve cover, said upper end abuts said bolt head and said lower end abuts the valve cover such said spring biases valve cover away from the bolt head.