Gently, Tom, gently,
lest you have interference problems between your head and valves. I
learned the hard way that you CAN bend a valve by rolling the engine
over by hand. I admit, now, when I can blame youthful indiscretion,
that I was less than gentle with it...
A similar trick is to leave the washers off the bolts and see if the
bolt will touch the head. (just for measurement, of course, finger
tight) This is a less- invasive way to find out if the PO knew what he
or she was doing when the head was reinstalled, as you can leave the
gasket in place...
Toby
Thomas Walter wrote:
>
> Once the bolts, finger tight, are in place it is also a good
> idea to rotate the crankshaft BY HAND to make sure you can do
> two full revolutions of the engine (checking to make sure the
> pistons are not hitting the top of a milled cylinder head.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom
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