So when I began rebuilding the head two of the screws on the cam bearing caps sheared same side # 2 and #3. Both on the exhaust side. Bought some helicoils, fixed it, and pressed on.
Then I was putting on the oil pump and a bolt sheared inside the block portion. I was thinking wtf! Checked the torque wrench and nope, my dial was on the money... Got that out.
As I was continuing to put on the front cover, the bolts weren't matching and all I could think was this is odd, needless to say, all the brackets took up a lot of the extra slack. This motor reminds me of Hannibal lecters mas.
Can't say it hasn't been rough, but its been s***ty!
Pressing on with the downward spiral, I went to tighten up my head bolts and the second one in torque sequence bottomed out about a 16th before it began tightening. So I had to clean the threads inside the block to get what looked like carbon soot out.
...and finally, the cherry on top was when I broke my friends 150lb rated torque wrench. completely sheared before 114lbs. What gets on my nerves is I had been doing this whole job with a POS calibration tool! C'mon! To remedy this I said the hell with this, and bought a Kobalt one at a local hardware store and what world of a difference. So I went back and checked the torque on the bolts, turns out the smaller ones needed less and the larger ones needed more, FML.
BTW I also broke a 3/8 breaker bar, 2 3/8 ratchets, 2 1/2" - 3/8" adapters. With no stripped bolts.
