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hadn't thought of checking the cylinders with the pistons at the bottoms, but......

i went out today and was getting ready to take at least the one head off, debating the two, and decided i would do a retorque.

a guy in the know preaches loosening the bolt in turn on the last step and torquing the full value in one sweep on rebuilds, so i thought i would try this and see if i could bring the value up. i wasn't expecting great things but.......

the leakdown after the retorque showed normal values, and i had checked it again before to make sure the cylinder was low.

talk about tickled pink! saved me a ton of work! i'm going to retorque the rest and call it good and be on the road again sooner than i thought.

so you guys blowing gaskets and coolant can try the above and possibly save yourselves some work. will see how the longterm works out, but willing to take the risk for now.

good day.