When I worked at the British Leyland dealer in the later seventies , I
PDI'ed (pre delivery inspection) countless TR7s . Without exception some of
the head bolts would be almost finger tight. I would torque them to spec and
when it came back to me for it's 1000 mile service I would re-torque again
and most of the time it was obvious that it needed it.
Alan T
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 9:00 AM
Subject: RE: re-torque cyl heads
> > It's been done on at least some post-war cars ... the owner's manual for
my
> > 59 TR3A has it listed as a maintenance item. ISTR my 71 Stag does too.
>
> I checked, the 71 Stag's owner's manual has it listed as part of the
"free" 1000
> mile service.
>
> Randall
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