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Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton
are those 10mm metric bolts in the 2 x 4?????????
or 12 mm??
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Grade 3, 1/2 x 13s ... probably Chinese though. Why ??? You think they're Wong for the job?
(parts drawer bolts, torqued to 1/16" board compression
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Originally Posted by Barry_R
Nice work. Welding the socket had to be a real treat...
The head gasket was still sealing compression or you would have seen black discoloration leaking across the surface. Good news all around even it don't feel like it after a long day. Go grab a glass of your favorite "assembly lube" and rest up. You're on the home stretch.
Told ya the 2x4 would work well. It might seem a little "cave man" - but some sort of drill guide really is worth the effort.
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Home stretch's hind parts, everyone knows it takes half again as much time to put it together as it did to rip it apart!
Yea, the 2x4 was the shiznit. A minute on the drill press and I had the right tool for the job. It was so easy a cave man DID do it...
The witness marks on the heads show good compression sealing on all cylinders. The head only lifted at the inner edge. The marks on the head gasket most likely are gasket erosion, caused by the constant pressurized minute flow of coolant.
Speaking of witness marks on the heads, what do you think about a 0.005" or less skim cut on the heads. That'll clean up the compression ring indentations around the cylinders and give me a good head gasket sealing surface. That shouldn't significantly change my manifold's ride height.
Let me know if anyone needs a "FE coolant passage pressure test kit"
