My Pete rebuild

[Nostalgic]

(07-15-2018 )Rawze Wrote:  it will run there. With it at 0.014 - 0.015, your likely never to have issue with it.

Just make sure you let th head settle over-nigh after you get the bolts torqued to 300 -ft lbs, then torque again the next day,-- Than after that, do your 90-degree on the bolts for the final torque.

Still need to pick up a 3/4" torque wrench, but I'm a ways away from putting the head on anyway. My tractor with the forks can handle the block with the crank and pistons, but I'm not going to attempt any heavier. Backhoe could do it, but I'm not about to try swinging in a long block with my worn out antique lol. The head will have to go on after the block is in the truck, and I still need to derust, clean and paint the frame rails before that happens.