Originally Posted by
zjrog
I will check.
Torque-to-yield, I certainly agree. They sure felt odd loosening, I already tossed the originals, but will measure against the replacements when they get here, out of sheer curiouosity. I know a guy with the right straight edges and feelers.
The heads were only off long enough to swap the gaskets. I had already let this project snowball. Bought the engine, running, for $600 4 years ago.
Sounds good, just keep in mind Ford calls for plastic scrapers only by hand when working on these, they are an almost no tolerance, surface, flatness, pita and a lot of work as you are finding.
At one point any visible scratches required surfacing.
