- 1. head tightening (score: 1)
- Author: "Douglas Ormrod" <Douglas.Ormrod@neurological.org.nz>
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 19:15:30 +1200
- Giday T typers Done a few hundred miles in the TD now so thought I would torque up the head nuts (engine was fully reconditioned). I am not sure if this should be done with the engine hot or cold? Th
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- 2. Re: head tightening (score: 1)
- Author: <dcong996@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 07:59:08 -0400
- Giday DouglasI was taught by the old timers to run the engine until it reaches normal operating temperature (usually 10 to 15 minutes), then shut it off. Re-torque each head bolt in the same sequence
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- 3. Re: head tightening (score: 1)
- Author: Dave and Liz DuBois <ddubois@sinclair.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 09:52:53 -0700
- This is an important step as it take a lot more torque to get a nut that has been tiightened in place moving than it takes to keep it moving. Thus, loosening and then torquing to spec by having the
- /html/mg-t/2007-05/msg00034.html (6,350 bytes)
- 4. Re: head tightening (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 08:45:12 -0400
- This procedure continues to be debated. I have always loosened, then tightened, but recently we was told by an assembly chief at Pratt & Whitney that they don't loosen--they tighten the nut as they f
- /html/mg-t/2007-05/msg00035.html (7,538 bytes)
- 5. Re: head tightening (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 08:31:55 -0400
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