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1979 40 hp Mariner Head bolt torque

jevery

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Pulled the head off today and

Pulled the head off today and gasket BLOWN. the cylinder walls look good and it doesn't look like to much was destroyed so I am putting on a new gasket to see if I get any compression. But I need the torque for the bolts and I assume I start in the middle and work out like I do on other heads.
 
Your heads are tighened

9 1


Your heads are tighened

9 10
5 6
1 2
4 3
8 7

then number 11 (located below #5 and to the left of #1)

They are torqued in two stages - 11 foot pounds the first go and then 19 foot pounds (final torque)...
 
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