I have a factory workshop manual dated September 1956. On page D/2 under "Torque Wrench Settings" it lists cylinder head nuts as "65-70 lbs./ft, (8.987-9.678 kgm.) Marv J On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote: > Russ, et. al., > > There has been some confusion on this list (and with myself) on what is the