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willay

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15th Oct 07 at 13:16

Can anyone enlighten me with the order I must follow to remove the head bolts on my engine so I can remove the head? I'm under the impression that if I do it any old way I could risk fucking it up

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15th Oct 07 at 13:20

No thats bollocks, theres a order you torque them up in, not taking it off

willay

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15th Oct 07 at 13:21

excellent james, I can go crazy with them

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15th Oct 07 at 13:23

why are you splitting the engine up?

willay

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15th Oct 07 at 13:24

going to mount it randomly in my bedroom and call it modern art

IvIarkgraham

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15th Oct 07 at 13:39

fair enough should look good

Hamish

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15th Oct 07 at 13:49

the way haynes says to do it is to work anticlock wise (in a spiral that getting smaller) from the furthest bolt away from you if you are working form the exhaust side.

1/4 turn on all of them first, then 1/2 turn then undo them all the way

Reverse for putting it back on

edit.: the first bolt you undo should be at about 10 o'clock if your looknig at it form above. Top left hand corner

[Edited on 15-10-2007 by Hamish]

Vaux Lad

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15th Oct 07 at 13:58

Yes there is an order for removal as well as fitting.
Its to stop the head warping.

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15th Oct 07 at 15:35

remove the bolts in the correct order otherwise you will be left with all the tension on 1 bolt. do it in this order:

1 3 9 5 7
2 4 10 6 8

willay

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15th Oct 07 at 15:58

jr proven wrong, shock

thanks guys

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15th Oct 07 at 18:07

never done it myself, and all my engines have worked again, ive cracked all the bolts off, and then removed them in no order what so ever, never affected me

lee mitchell

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15th Oct 07 at 19:51

its probably because theres no order on fords and thats what jr's always thinking about

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15th Oct 07 at 20:26

I did them from left to right on my engine and ended up having to put 2 back in so I could loosen the last 2

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15th Oct 07 at 22:45

You should work in from the outside or opposite to torqueing down
but i'm with jr i just whip them all off and have never had a problem.

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15th Oct 07 at 22:51

quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
remove the bolts in the correct order otherwise you will be left with all the tension on 1 bolt. do it in this order:

1 3 9 5 7
2 4 10 6 8

Thats just what i was going to say. It's just in the oppisite way as to tighten it up.

Steve X16XE

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15th Oct 07 at 22:54

I read what you put wrong. I was tought this way....

Edit, I know it's a cam shaft but that the way i was tought and it's the same as the head.

[Edited on 15-10-2007 by Steve X16XE]

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16th Oct 07 at 00:36

as long as they're 'cracked off' first there shouldnt be a problem,

just dont crack one and take it right out before the rest are done

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16th Oct 07 at 08:34

quote:
Originally posted by lee mitchell
its probably because theres no order on fords and thats what jr's always thinking about

yep

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16th Oct 07 at 17:52

quote:
Originally posted by jr

quote:
Originally posted by lee mitchell
its probably because theres no order on fords and thats what jr's always thinking about

yep

geek

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16th Oct 07 at 18:07