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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snowbound" data-source="post: 14638" data-attributes="member: 2963">Now it’s time to clean the head. I use a whole can of brake cleaner and blow gun to get holes cleaned out. I run thread chasers thru holes and also spark plug holes as well. Wipe everything down really well and keep your dick beaters off the head gasket surface. [ATTACH=full]1425[/ATTACH]Install the head and use torque compound on threads and under side of heads on bolts. Keeps torque consistent. And don’t forget to use new head bolts. They are torque to yield so they are only a one time use. [ATTACH=full]1426[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1427[/ATTACH]Rockers and pushrods. I first removed lifters and inspected the rollers and camshaft. Applied assembly lube to rollers and lifter cup where pushrod contacts. Put assembly lube on valve tip and top of pushrod. Torqued to spec while on base of cam. Intake gasket had to go on first. It’s one of them engines that the lower intake is part of the head for the valve cover. I really do not like these designs but nobody said engineers are smart. [ATTACH=full]1428[/ATTACH]Time to move to the other side and start the process all over again. Deck done, dowels installed and gasket on. [ATTACH=full]1429[/ATTACH]Almost done. Should be a walk in the park once the intake is ready to go on. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</blockquote>