On 5/4/17, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> As a last resort, I will check the head nuts to see if any are
> obviously loose ....

I'm sure people are just dying to know this....   ;)    lol.

So I decided "what the heck", dove in and checked the head nuts. There
was maybe one that felt a tiny tiny bit loose, some others turned
slightly with a tiny more amount of torque (turned maximum 1/8 of a
turn) and some (5, 6, 7, 8) felt dead solid almost like they were over
torqued. I used my Craftsman beam wrench and just for fun, checked the
feel of one nut with both a clicker and beam wrench.

I have no point of reference on how these nuts should feel, since this
is my first time doing this, but I'm now certain the engines coming
out sooner than later. i.e. compression gases getting into the coolant
path isn't due to loose nuts.

Thanks for the help.

--
Neil n

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