rod talk

["Greg Locke" <glocke@ihug.co.nz>]

Hey Alpine nuts

I am just reassembling my engine and have noticed two different torque
settings for the con rod bolts on the 1725 engines. The rods are from a
Hillman hunter, and the one hunter manual I have states a torque of 29
ft/lb. Whereas all my other 1725 manuals (alpine and superminx) state a
torque of 24 ft/lb. I would have thought that the bolts were identicle,
though the hunter rods don't have the self locking nuts of the earlier 1725
engines.

Can anyone confirm?

Greg