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1. Torquing Heads (score: 1): Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com; Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 08:49:39 -0800; I had a neat little pamphlet from Felpro about their head gaskets. The pamphlet had pages and pages of charts showing the torquing methods for all sorts of cars. I read through some of them. It was a; /html/british-cars/2000-11/msg00109.html (7,421 bytes)
2. Re: Torquing Heads (score: 1): Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@scs.agilent.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 09:48:27 -0800 (PST); I used after market ARP head, main bearing and connecting rod bolts on my motor. They came not only with very explicit torquing instruction, but also included a special lubricant. If I recall, the in; /html/british-cars/2000-11/msg00112.html (8,146 bytes)
3. Re: Torquing Heads (score: 1): Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com; Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 10:00:59 -0800; Maybe they haven't read the full text. The Felpro instructions were quite clear that you had to use their fancy head gasket "form a gasket" too. Thus, they are basically bonding the block to the gas; /html/british-cars/2000-11/msg00113.html (7,351 bytes)
4. Re: Torquing Heads (score: 1): Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@scs.agilent.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 10:09:38 -0800 (PST); The point that was made to me was not about sealing, but shrinkage. The compressed head gaskets/seal-whatever, compresses slightly over time, thus changing the torque on the bolts. Roland; /html/british-cars/2000-11/msg00114.html (7,750 bytes)
5. Re: Torquing Heads (score: 1): Author: "Neil Sherry" <sherry@invention-machine.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:38:31 -0000; With the mass-produced cars of 30 years ago the chances are that studs and nuts were used as delivered - so that would probably mean a light coating of oil. Or am I assuming too much? all final of; /html/british-cars/2000-11/msg00121.html (8,108 bytes)
6. Re: Torquing Heads (score: 1): Author: "Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:18:23 -0500; Using of grease or oil on any nuts, bolts, especially wheels and head studs, will give a false torque value, and also makes them subject to loosening and then blown head gaskets or lost wheels, and t; /html/british-cars/2000-11/msg00123.html (7,165 bytes)
7. Re: Torquing heads (score: 1): Author: TVRVixen@aol.com; Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 18:23:21 -0400; This is the real reason that GM had to sell off the 215 to the Brits. Cause US car mechanics hadn't figured out you should torque the heads with an impact gun and you really do have to retorque allo; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01264.html (6,417 bytes)
8. Torquing Heads (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 14:46:43 BST; Michael G Hering asks: Yup, any bolt you're torquing, you must break the "stick" first before torquing, otherwise you'll undertorque. Try it and see - you'll do the bolt up more when you've backed it; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00284.html (6,635 bytes)

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