new to me 03 century 2535

[K5lwq]

I would just torque them in the sequence laid out in the service manual and to the value specified. Other than that I would not sweat it much.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I would certainly not be grinding any of them down. Can you use a phillips screw driver or a round punch and use that as a depth gauge to check the actual bolt hole depths of each head bolt hole in the block? You can then compare the practical depth of the hole to which bolt length was used in it. Some bolts might be required to protrude into an oil galley or water passage to act as a block for that passage way.

I think I would do that long before I contemplated grinding down a head bolt.

 

[wilkija]

I looked in all holes and it looks like they are all closed off to any passage. My main concern is the old owner didn’t know this and threw them in. Hence another head gasket blown. It definitely looks like it’s been taken apart already. The macine shop said the head is good and only took 5 thousandths off to get rid of blemishes. After a hot tank and mill, looks brand new. I just meant grind the non thread part of the bolts.

 

[wilkija]

Im going to check the bolts now and will let you know sizes. Looks like three different thickness. The skinniest of which are on the exhaust side.

 

[wilkija]

I just measured all the bolts and they are all within 0.0020 of each other. So not sure what that service tech was saying? Maybe different motor

 

[tacticalturnip]

I just noticed that you're in Killeen, Army? I got a chuckle thinking of a rather large tractor sitting on one of the postage stamp sized lawns that make up much of the city.

 

[wilkija]

I just noticed that you're in Killeen, Army? I got a chuckle thinking of a rather large tractor sitting on one of the postage stamp sized lawns that make up much of the city.

LOL! Yes i was army but not anymore. I still live in Killeen but have 20 acres in Hamilton northwest of gatesville. I think all lawns these days are stamp size.

 

[tacticalturnip]

LOL! Yes i was army but not anymore. I still live in Killeen but have 20 acres in Hamilton northwest of gatesville. I think all lawns these days are stamp size.

You were smart to stay in Texas, that much is certain lol.

 

[wilkija]

You were smart to stay in Texas, that much is certain lol.

It’s were I’m from originally. Yes Texas is the greatest country in the world. Now if we can get these libtards to stop coming here and raising all our house prices.

 

[wilkija]

Great day to be outside! Would rather be working on wood piles than tractors, but hey! A day out here is worth a lifetime at a 9 to 5.

 

[950deerehunter]

Great day to be outside! Would rather be working on wood piles than tractors, but hey! A day out here is worth a lifetime at a 9 to 5.
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Please tell me you have your raised loader securely blocked up. I've seen in several places that new head bolts should be used because once they are torqued and "stretched" they will not stretch again.

 

[tacticalturnip]

That sunshade must be a Godsend in that Cen-Tex sun!

 

[wilkija]

Please tell me you have your raised loader securely blocked up. I've seen in several places that new head bolts should be used because once they are torqued and "stretched" they will not stretch again.

From what I understand, is these are not torque to yield bolts. If you have something that says other wise i will get new ones. But I believe most diesel engines don’t use those. Not blocked at all. Just a 4x4 post run up it.

 

[wilkija]

That sunshade must be a Godsend in that Cen-Tex sun!

Ya it is! 100+ days will make you get one really fast. Before this tractor i was using this below and i was definitely a red neck lol. But that pull behind works great for what it is

 

[tacticalturnip]

Ya it is! 100+ days will make you get one really fast. Before this tractor i was using this below and i was definitely a red neck lol. But that pull behind works great for what it is
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Woo, nope.

One thing I appreciated about my postage stamp lawn in Copperas Cove- I could mow it fairly quickly with a $110 walk-behind. Cheap, reliable, and I wasn't outside more than a half-hour.

 

[wilkija]

Woo, nope.

One thing I appreciated about my postage stamp lawn in Copperas Cove- I could mow it fairly quickly with a $110 walk-behind. Cheap, reliable, and I wasn't outside more than a half-hour.

Spent a-lot of time in cove, still do. Where did you end up setting down camp after you left?

 

[tacticalturnip]

Spent a-lot of time in cove, still do. Where did you end up setting down camp after you left?

Back home to Maine; I'm not close to my family, but the missus is close to hers, and it's not a terrible place to raise a kid. That said, the cost of living here is too high for the income level, our leaders are idiots, and Southern Maine is nothing more than Northern Massachusetts. None the less, it's home.

I was quite partial to Texas.

 

[wilkija]

Back home to Maine; I'm not close to my family, but the missus is close to hers, and it's not a terrible place to raise a kid. That said, the cost of living here is too high for the income level, our leaders are idiots, and Southern Maine is nothing more than Northern Massachusetts. None the less, it's home.

I was quite partial to Texas.

That’s crazy! Our close friends live in cove off lutheran church road and originally from maine. I love Maine, one of my good battles lives there now. Ya this country is going to ****! That’s why I’m getting the compound ready for the civil/ww3. Also why I have more AR’s than people in my family.

 

[tacticalturnip]

I can easily say I appreciate living in the middle of nowhere, though maybe it's not as nowhere as I would like.

 

[wilkija]

I can easily say I appreciate living in the middle of nowhere, though maybe it's not as nowhere as I would like.

I hear ya!