You forgot a very important step. The engine MUST be at TDC on the compression stroke for each cylinder to properly adjust them.Laaaazy
It's pretty easy man. Get a feeler gauge and a socket set, as well as new valve cover gasket kit Make sure car is cool, find specs for valve gap as well as torque specs (both are usually located on the white catalyst sticker under the hood), remove valve cover and old gaskets, take a good size wrench with an extension and stick it on the crank pulley bolt (car has to be in neutral, and obviously safely jacked up). Crank the crank 180 degrees from it's current position. This will loosen a set of valves (3 at a time for single cam). They should be wiggle loose. From there, use the feeler tool to measure gap, loosen head bolts on valves that need adjusting, adjust accordingly. Crank the crank pulley bolt to rotate the crank and loosen the next set of valves, continue down the line. It was easy, and really quieted down my old POS civic.
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