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Advice from a Deuce mechanic needed

mrgerke81

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Head Gasket

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Pulled heads yesterday. Luckily only 75 degrees and no humidity. Went fairly well. Head gasket was definitely blow between cylinders. Set heads to machine shop to get worked on. I am going to need to rent or borrow a tool to retorque nuts. Please pm me if willing to loan out.

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m-35tom

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Cheap torque wrench can be found at Wally World in the auto section with the tire changing section. Well worth the investment.
he didn't mean a torque wrench, he meant the special tool for the nuts. very hard to find, most people just weld one up, just keep the drive over the nut.
i would not trust a cheap torque wrench for something so important either.
be sure to have all injectors tested, rarely have i ever seen a set of 6 that were all good, it may run fine but dirty nozzles also cause hard starting.
 

ke5eua

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he didn't mean a torque wrench, he meant the special tool for the nuts. very hard to find, most people just weld one up, just keep the drive over the nut.
i would not trust a cheap torque wrench for something so important either.
be sure to have all injectors tested, rarely have i ever seen a set of 6 that were all good, it may run fine but dirty nozzles also cause hard starting.
Ahh gotcha. Didn't realize special tool.
 

mrgerke81

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Well... I am hoping for just the head gasket. It was obvious when I pulled the head and saw the firing ring missing in between the cylinders. The top of pistons look real good. Hopefully, I will have the heads back next week from machine shop.
 
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