Arlo.........the Ford factory DISCONTINUED studs'n'nuts and recommends BOLTS. Heres the deal, the flathead WARPS and you need to "mill" the head flat. With studs, you'd haffta take yer WHOLE gas tank and sheet metal OFF. With head bolts, you don't haffta pull yer gastank. Milling the head is common automotive machine shop procedure, nothing EXOTIC there. BIG CAUTION: "Q-Tip" yer block corner holes 'cuz they're BLIND and you kenn actually CRACK a corner off'n yer block. The original studs'n'nuts were "grade-4", which doesn't exist today. Me? Grade-5 is plenty strong, but you kenn use grade-8 iff'n you want. Me? I spray some aluminum paint on the head gasket and install wet. Torque in 3-steps to 60-ft/lbs, start in the center of the head. Simple, eh? ........the tite Dell
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Today's Featured Article - Gatherin of the Orange - by Rick Nikolich. In July of 1998 I was talking to fellow Allis Chalmers collector Mike Schilling about the annual "Gathering of The Orange" AC show coming up in August of 1999. He got this wild idea that we should get a convoy of AC tractors and drive them from Charlotte, Michigan 105 miles to LaGrange, Indiana.
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