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1. RE: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 09:46:11 -0000; (Damn good question Frank...) I haven't done it but have asked the dealers to on the first service of every new car I have owned. Whether they did or not I don't know. I would suggest not as it was n; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00000.html (7,310 bytes)
2. Re: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 11:34:55 -0000; I suspect that the difference is that modern cars seem to invariably use the stretch bolt method. Tightenning to a particular torque and then by a further accurately specified number of degrees. Earl; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00001.html (8,313 bytes)
3. RE: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 06:44:23 -0800 (PST); As much as the character-less new cars depress the sh!t out of me, I was adding up receipts for my wife's 1999 Toyota Sienna the other day. 110,000 miles, zero trips to the dealer, 2 sets of tires so; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00002.html (7,791 bytes)
4. Re: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:45:18 -0600; Oh wise one.. please tell this (LBC) inexperienced one what can be done to make BE more or less reliable as it quickly (if I ever get the interior finished) will be on the road.. Thanks! lester snip; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00005.html (7,705 bytes)
5. Re: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:57:56 -0500; That's easy. Buy a condom, blow it up, zip tie it to the steering wheel! Instant air bag. Or you can find an old bag full of hot air and just listen to her as she sits next to you while you drive. --; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00007.html (7,795 bytes)
6. Re: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 01:02:02 -0500; I don't know if it's as much the "modern design" or the known quality of the Toyota product. I don't have much experience with the "modern" American car, as my newest vehicle is 10 years old, but the; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00017.html (8,106 bytes)
7. Re: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 21:28:21 -0800 filter01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net; The only thing I I have never owned a Toyota, but I can vouch for the Cherokee. My '89 has needed a fuel pump, starter module, alternator, and power window motor in nearly 200,000 miles. My '88 Chero; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00019.html (7,295 bytes)
8. Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 08:27:07 -0500; Hey All, I'm gonna retorque the head on the '78 today. It's been about three years since I've done it, and forgot the procedure. Should I 1) loosen all the studs, then retorque them all, 2) loosen an; /html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00762.html (7,788 bytes)
9. Re: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:53:46 -0400; Why? As viewed from the manifold side the pattern is. 9 3 1 6 8 7 5 2 4 10 Graz, you are running a header with twin SU correct. You can get in there with a socket and a universal joint. That was impo; /html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00764.html (8,814 bytes)
10. Re: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:08:39 EDT; I use a socket with wobble joint extensions. They bend just enough to get on the nuts. Been a while now, as I recall I can reach them all like that. --David C. Check out the new British Cars Forum: h; /html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00765.html (7,607 bytes)
11. RE: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:22:41 -0500; Ok, I've got to ask. Why do a retorque just for the heck of it? I don't regularly retorque the head bolts on any of my vehicles. Especially after three years. Just curious here.... Check out the new; /html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00768.html (7,233 bytes)
12. Re: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:06:41 EST; I'm not sure about 3 years--I assume it would provide some peace of mind knowing that at least the head bolts were spec. But is IS recommended to do a retorque after so many miles after the head has; /html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00774.html (7,409 bytes)
13. Re: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 09:32:30 -0600 reply-type=original with any abuse report; I know Bill does not recommend it. I also know that he gasket manufacturers these days say "it is no longer necessary" implicitly conceeding that it HAS been necessary. I also happen to know that I; /html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00777.html (8,101 bytes)
14. RE: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:18:16 -0000; Head retorque should be done closer to 50-60 miles worth of use rather than 3 years worth. It is to accommodate initial component settling. You may be breaking a seal that has consolidated over time; /html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00781.html (8,139 bytes)
15. Re: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:52:09 -0600 reply-type=original with any abuse report; The concept that they want to promote is that current technology in gasket materials no longer have the same compressibility characteristics and therefore no longer require re-torquing. David Lieb C; /html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00783.html (7,621 bytes)
16. Re: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:59:23 -0600; If it's like the rest of the automotive world, the difference in the makeup of the head gaskets is such that there is no longer a need to retorque. Period. When was the last time you had the Chevy in; /html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00784.html (8,225 bytes)
17. Re: Retorquing Head (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:51:13 -0500; Does anybody retorque their new car a month after they bring it home from the dealer? -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ The BETTER not BIGGER Healeys http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut Check out the new; /html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00789.html (8,216 bytes)

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