hi guys i've been thinking about doing a valve adjustment on my truck myself and i've never done it before.
has anybody done it before and how difficult was it to do it?
i was looking at the engine and the rear valve cover bolt seemed hard to reach
and also does anyone know to what specs i should have my valves and everything adjusted to?

thanks

 

http://dodgeram.org/tech/dsl/valve_adj/12_valve.html that should help you. its a pretty easy straight foreward job. find top dead center & do half the valves, rotate the ballancer 360* and do the other half.

 

thanks for the link

i have a question though, on the instructions in step four it says that you should turn the alternator pulley bolt clockwise and it will turn the engine backwards, well could i be able to turn it counter clockwise to make the engine go forward?

 

no the belt will just slip on the pully.

 

Use one of the bolts on the balancer pulley to go the other way.