1970 134 Fhead Head Gasket Replacement

I did the magnet trick for all surface debris

 

This arrived today.

 

Hopefully it's the last one you'll ever need.

 

(need the popcorn and hurricane emojies back!)

 

so, talking to my partner in crime, and the brains behind my mechanical aptitude, he said after I get my head torqued to set my valve lash.

now I'm scratching my head.

 

I didn't replace the head gasket the first time. I paid to have it done. that was about 4 or 5 years ago, and I assume it was done then? but I'm not sure.

I did watch a youtube video on it, on a 134 motor, and it seems pretty straight forward.

you must mean this last time, when I stripped the block bolt hole. no, I didn't do it then.

 

Head gasket installed. properly, to the correct poundage, per FSM

 

You need to set (re-set) intake valve clearances, because they are dependent upon the head gasket's installed thickness.

 

That's just cold.

 

Your oil filter setup should be sharing some of those head bolt as well as the throttle linkage pivot.

 

the throttle bracket is bolted down on the driver side of the engine.

 

please elaborate.

 

The stock OEM oil filter-cannister is mounted on the front right corner of the head. It has a bracket that is mounted under the headbolts.

The throttle linkage also has a similar arrangement under a headbolt near the left rear corner.

If you have these items, they need to be mounted before torquing the head bolts.