[AMC-list] ALMOST!

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

OK, motor's in, trans, rear and all that crap is in and ready. All the
custom krap is so far working out -- today I dropped the head on (with no
gasket), installed all the studs, and torqued them up to 75/ft lbs in three
stages (worked from center out, on and off), three times as recommended by
ARP. Boy, do they make nice stuff! There's no reason to use head bolts in
this engine, ever. Of course once I thought about it there's no reason to
put studs in and drop the head onto the studs; they have a 3/16" hex socket
in the end, so you can insert them one by one as you do bolts, then add
washers and nuts.

The reason I say no need is, torquing up good studs with the right hardware
and ARP lube, it's like a perfect as-seen-on-TV simulation of perfection --
after you take up the slack, the torque from the wrench is smooooooth, and
basically all goes to stretching the stud. You can FEEL it. No more crappy
headbolts on 195.6 OHVs ever again. 232/258 fine, but not this old thing.
It's not cheap, but I don't think it's a place to save money. Even on a
simple freshen, I'd switch out bolts for studs.

So I did the recommended three cycles, the final one I left it torqued up,
tomorrow I'll take 'em out, put on the gasket and seal it up and torque it
one last time.

I have probably a couple days of other stuff to do under the hood -- fix the
exhaust that the muffler shop screwed up, wiring up the rear battery
business, the alternator, cooling fans, some other general wiring crap.
MAYBE I can break it in Monday. If not, it will have to wait til next
weekend. No sense hurrying now!
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