When that happened to me on a rabbit deisel, it was due to liquid oil
I haden't cleaned out of the head bolt hole!
    Stan
    87 Syncro

Felder wrote:

> Well, my replacement head arrived yesterday, so I stayed up til
> midnight getting everything ready to go back in.
>
> Today, after the first three rounds of torque wrenching, came time for
> the two quarter-turn pulls to get to the final tension before starting.
>
> Bolt # 1 didn't make it through the first quarter turn before it popped
> the threads out of the block.
>
> Now looking for a long block or used engine. If there are any out
> there, let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>