RE: Re[2]: Please help!

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Wed Aug 27 2003 - 07:44:41 EDT


Just make sure you clean out the holes on the block.

- Bernd

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Michael
Clark
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 11:38 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re[2]: DML: Please help!

Thanks for the answers guys, I think I'm going to roll
the dice on these bolts and re-use them. They are
fairly new and the FSM says it's OK for one time.

The intake bolts.... I've always made a
point to get new ones, but one local parts place
thought I was crazy for not re-using them. So I jut
got them from some other place.
--Mike
www.mikesdakota.com

> The head bolts are not like the "Torque to Yield" intake manifold
> bolts...but they will stretch slightly.

> - Bernd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Aaron
> Wyse
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:16 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Please help!

> When did Dodge go to Torque to Yield on the V8 motors.. I knew the
> 4cyls were.. But just when did that change on the rest. Aaron Wyse

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:22 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Please help!

>>
>> Michael Clark <dml@mikesdakota.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> : Are the head bolts on a 360 torque to yield or are
>> : they reusable? I've only got 20,000 on mine so can I
>> : reuse them when I put my heads back on? I'm getting
>> : conflicting stories locally....
>>
>>
>> Yes, they are a torque to yield. According to the FSM, you can
>> re-use them once. (They recommend putting a dab of paint on the head

>> if you re-use them, thus an engine that has head bolts without paint
>> can be re-used, if they have paint on them, time to throw them away.)
>>
>> As others have mentioned, although the FSM says they can be used
>> twice, most folks consider getting a new set cheap insurance. I guess

>> its just a decision you have to make for yourself, wether the $50 or
>> so for a new set (or whatever they are going for these
>> days) is worth the potential risk and subsequent hassle of having to
>> extract a broken bolt.
>>
>> Myself, I might re-use them once on a low miles, stock engine but
>> on

>> a performance engine I would spring for a new set.
>>
>> --
>>
>> -Jon-
>>
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