Re: [AMC-list] all's quiet on the western front

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

Darn! Forgot all about the head in that last reply! The head failure is 
because the 2nd/3rd/4th/5th/etc. owners didn't know to retorque the head 
every other year/10-15K miles. If you don't sometime around 20-25K it's 
going to blow, depending on length of time too. Even if the car is just 
parked and not driven the head should be torqued before it's put back on 
the road or run with a load much at all. For that reason I say it's a 
maintenance issue. Studs might be the answer, as the L-head (and the OHV 
is a modified L-head block, 2/3 of the top of the block is identical) 
never had a head gasket problem. All I know of have had the head gaskets 
replaced over the last 20 years and I don't think any have been 
retorqued. Never heard anyone with an L-head mention it anyway.

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Frank Swygert
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