John,
All the manuals I have including Bentley say 6 ft-lbs. That sounds
right. These screws will snap off VERY easily if you torque too much.
Don't ask me how I know this. Besides, they don't have to be too tight,
look how many of them there are to seal the sump.
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite
56 BN2
John.Deikis@med.va.gov wrote:
>Putting together my motor, I happen to notice the wildly inaccurate torque
>values listed in the Haynes manual (compared to the factory manual, which I
>assume to be biblical). How about 20 lbs.ft. for those little bolts that
>hold the sump to the block. My pilfered torque chart shows a max of 6# for
>bolts of that size.
>
>Did anybody at Haynes ever READ that book???
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