Re: Heckuva trashed head gasket.

Lem Evans September 28th 2011, 9:59 am

How much tq. are you using?

BigBlockRanger September 28th 2011, 10:32 am

75-105-140 with ARP 155-3603 bolts and moly.

Good?

Lem Evans September 28th 2011, 10:36 am

Good.

BigBlockRanger September 28th 2011, 3:27 pm

Done.

I'm glad I'm tall because getting into position to torque those bad boys to 140 ft.lbs wasn't easy!

cletus66 September 29th 2011, 4:57 pm

BigBlockRanger wrote:Done.

I'm glad I'm tall because getting into position to torque those bad boys to 140 ft.lbs wasn't easy!

I think it took me 3 or 4 beers to torque the last set I did........ Laughing

BigBlockRanger October 10th 2011, 9:45 am

Finally finished it up. Everything seems good. No knocks, no leaks, 50psi oil pressure warm idle. Whoo Hoo!

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dfree383 October 10th 2011, 10:01 am

cletus66 wrote:
BigBlockRanger wrote:Done.

I'm glad I'm tall because getting into position to torque those bad boys to 140 ft.lbs wasn't easy!

I think it took me 3 or 4 beers to torque the last set I did........

It's pretty bad when your timing is in the number of beers !!! cheers

But hey I can't even have a beer right no...... so I'm jeleous !!!

kjett October 10th 2011, 9:09 pm

dfree383 wrote:
cletus66 wrote:
BigBlockRanger wrote:Done.

I'm glad I'm tall because getting into position to torque those bad boys to 140 ft.lbs wasn't easy!

I think it took me 3 or 4 beers to torque the last set I did........

It's pretty bad when your timing is in the number of beers !!! But hey I can't even have a beer right no...... so I'm jeleous !!!

As I sit here drinking a beer and reading this. Laughing at poor Dave stuck in the sand. Take a road trip over to Bahrain and get all the booze you want. farao

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