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So, I am getting ready to install the head on my 100 short block.=C2=A0 Mad=
e sure all the intake valves have the new seals I bought from British Car S=
pecialists plus the new set of springs I already had for the valves.=C2=A0 =
The two mating surfaces were cleaned with a white (finest grit) Roloc brush=
.=C2=A0 I have the correct head gasket (copper faced). =C2=A0 Tonight was t=
he night to torque the head down to the block.=C2=A0 My surprise, for some =
stupid reason I only ordered 8 new head nuts.=C2=A0 I managed to order the =
correct amount of washer for the head.=C2=A0 No idea what my pea brain was =
thinking.=C2=A0 Also found out the head nuts are Whitworth (3/8")=C2=A0 siz=
e.=C2=A0 I have a Whitworth socket set, so tragedy averted there.=C2=A0 I s=
eem to remember someone talking about the water jacket blanking plate earli=
er this week.=C2=A0 That made me look at the front of my block.=C2=A0 Three=
studs and an empty hole.=C2=A0 No cover.=C2=A0 I managed to find two blank=
ing covers in my stash of parts and a gasket in my gasket set.=C2=A0 Woohoo=
, but no nuts or lock washers.=C2=A0 Can someone tell me if these little nu=
ts that I do not have are Whitworth nuts.=C2=A0 If so, what size?=C2=A0 I h=
ave a generator bracket, but there are no threaded studs for the block or n=
uts to mount it with.=C2=A0 Once again, Whitworth?=C2=A0 The closer I get t=
o putting this together the more stuff I find out I don't have.Mike MacLean
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ly:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir=3D"ltr=
" data-setdir=3D"false">So, I am getting ready to install the head on my 10=
0 short block. Made sure all the intake valves have the new seals I b=
ought from British Car Specialists plus the new set of springs I already ha=
d for the valves. The two mating surfaces were cleaned with a white (=
finest grit) Roloc brush. I have the correct head gasket (copper face=
d). Tonight was the night to torque the head down to the block. =
; My surprise, for some stupid reason I only ordered 8 new head nuts. =
I managed to order the correct amount of washer for the head. No ide=
a what my pea brain was thinking. Also found out the head nuts are Wh=
itworth (3/8") size. I have a Whitworth socket set, so tragedy =
averted there. I seem to remember someone talking about the water jac=
ket blanking plate earlier this week. That made me look at the front =
of my block. Three studs and an empty hole. No cover. I m=
anaged to find two blanking covers in my stash of parts and a gasket in my =
gasket set. Woohoo, but no nuts or lock washers. Can someone te=
ll me if these little nuts that I do not have are Whitworth nuts. If =
so, what size? I have a generator bracket, but there are no threaded =
studs for the block or nuts to mount it with. Once again, Whitworth?&=
nbsp; The closer I get to putting this together the more stuff I find out I=
don't have.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Mike MacLean<br></=
div></div></body></html>
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