Finally stopped fighting the torque specs on my 289 rebuild

Spent 3 weekends torquing head bolts by feel on my 65 Mustang and kept getting uneven readings. Bought a $60 click-type wrench from Harbor Freight last month, checked every bolt in sequence at 65 ft-lbs, and the coolant leak I chased for weeks just vanished. Anyone else learn the hard way that guessing on fasteners ruins your whole weekend?

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spencer_owens5820d ago

Man, that brings back memories of torquing lug nuts on my old F100 with a breaker bar and praying nothing snapped... ended up warping a rotor and learned that lesson the hard way too.

the_ruby20d ago

Yeah I did the same thing on my Chevy, stripped two studs before I finally bought a torque wrench.