[Mg-t] Installing head

[Bill Traill]

Rick,

Yes...use a light-type general purpose grease and a very thin 
coating; a thin coating as grease is incompressible and blobs and 
gobs may keep the head from seating 100%.  This will help the gasket 
ease into it's new life. 

Also, clean the studs so no detritus is scraped off to fall under the 
gasket and create a pocket. Clean all block and head surfaces to 
metal. Check the studs by pinching with thumb and finger full length 
to see if the studs are stretching (especially the threads). I am 
sure your TD has had the head replaced many times over the years and 
the studs don't last forever.

Bill Traill
Santa Clara, California