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error in TM 9-2815-210-34-2-2 You know you could do some serious damage if you don't pay attention to what it says in these tech manuals. TM 9-2815-210-34-2-2 says to torque the fuel injector holder bolts to 150-175 foot pounds! I thought "Holy crap! you can't torque these little bolts that...

Thanks Tom and Kastein, I'm hoping to leave the Leak of the Week club behind. Here's to a dry engine: :beer:

Is there an advantage to the old style vs the new style? I know they have the vent for the cylinder sleeve, but is that really necessary? I would think the new style would be better, being new technology, but I noticed in the pictures of Kastein's blown gasket, it was the new style. Makes me...

I had just the tool to do this with, but missed the opportunity. A friend of mine dropped by with a torque wrench that is used for measuring torque, not achieving it. It had a flash drive he could pull out and upload data on his computer. It was interesting to note, the torque needed to break...

You are right of course. There is no advantage that I know of, it's just more convenient in my situation. There are a lot of people regularly in and out of our shop, and they tend to walk off with certain things. WD-40, the pump oil can, certain hammers and wrenches, and I have to keep staple...

That's exactly what I did, except I usually use lithium grease when I torque bolts. Valve train pre-lube works pretty good too. It's like a sticky gear oil. NOTE: If you read ahead in this thread, you will see that clean motor oil is what is specified, and probably best. I just use the grease...

That is how mine started, just a little seepage at the ends of each head. It actually never just opened up and poured oil, but it was getting bad enough to start greasing down the side of the truck. Actual oil loss was pretty minimal, I just didn't want the mess. The main reason I did the head...

Well, the home made tool worked perfectly. The heads are back on and torqued to specifications. The biggest obstacle wasn't the oil cooler, it was the clearance around the head nuts on the front head. The stud isn't centered in the space, so the wrench wouldn't fit down on the nut. I ended up...

I don't see a way to get the wrench on the third nut back, port side. (that's nautical port, not intake/exhaust port) The big red thing shown in the attached picture is in the way. Even with the pipe to the water pump removed, it is in the way of nut #3. There is no mention of it in TM...

A head gasket is on my list of projects. What kind of wrench/socket did you end up using to remove the head nuts?