don't forget to leave the radiator cap off until it warms up, don't want any
air pockets in coolant passages
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Jon Smith-Raleigh,NC-http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jdsmith4
'95 318 auto CC 4x4: Accel Supercoil, JBA headers,
dual glasspack, 14x3 FABM, F&B Stage I TB, !EGR,
MSD 8.5's, self-moded intake, 180 degree thermo,
ASP crank pulley, 16" Hayden elec. fan, MP SBEC,
BEST: 0-60 in 6.3 & 1/4mi 15.4@88.95
207.2 RWHP, 276.2 RW ft/lbs
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----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Short <ashort@flash.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: DML: More head gasket questions.
> Change the oil & filter, check the coolant level.
> Alan S.
>
> DICEMAN469@aol.com wrote:
>
> > OK, I got the truck back together last night, but I haven't started it
yet.
> > Any last-second preparations I should make before firing her up?? I'm
really
> > nervous about blowing another head gasket. I pulled the old ones off,
cleaned
> > off all the material, then I sanded them down using 150 grit sandpaper,
then
> > 220 to get it smooth and clean. I used paint thinner to clean off any
residue
> > and reassembled using the permatex copper sealant someone on the list
had
> > recommended to me. I torqued down the heads to 50lbs first step, then
105lbs
> > second step. Waited 24 hours, then retorqued them again to 105lbs. I put
oil
> > on the bolt heads, to get a more accurate reading. I used permatex HPF
on the
> > intake manifold-to-head gaskets, and black rtv on the cork gaskets.
> > Everything else I installed dry. All you guys that have done this type
of
> > work before, do I sound like I did okay?? Any other things I should do
after
> > I fire it up?? Anything after I fire it up?? It's really cold outside
and I
> > spend a rediculous amount of time performing this job, and I want this
to be
> > the last time I ever do it.
> >
> > -Austin
> > Vipertruck
>
>
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