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Re: Torquing head...

To: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Subject: Re: Torquing head...
From: Chip Old <feold@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 01:59:27 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 20 Oct 1994, W. Ray Gibbons wrote:

> Oh, yes, another question.  When one retorques the head, should the
> antifreeze be drained to ensure that none seeps into the cylinders while
> the bolts are loose, or is this unlikely?
 
Normally you loosen and retorque one bolt at a time, so the gasket 
remains compressed and no coolant is lost.
 
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Chip Old              1948 M.G. TC  TC6710  NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland    1962 Triumph TR4  CT3154LO (daily transportation)
feold@umd5.umd.edu



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