colorado_joe
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Hello Oilbuners! I've done my searching and cannot find a driect answer, so any help is appreciated.
So let's say a "friend" yesterday put the original cleaned-up heads back on his 7.3. New Victor Reinz gaskets and ARP head studs. Torqued the studs 170 times (17 per side, 5 iterations for the 3 levels in the service manual, plus the 125 ft-lbs for ARP, and the last double check).
Then "my friend" may have noticed the head that was originally on the passenger side is now on the driver side and vise versa. This is based on the plug missing from the passenger head for the heater core hose.
Does "my friend" need to swap them back and get new gaskets, or are the heads interchangeable? Is the cylinder head the same for both sides?
The heads have the same part number cast in them. They are the same part number according to the service manual blown-up view. The gaskets are the same. The intake has two mounting bolts 180 degrees apart as though the heads are the same.
Thanks for the help.
...my "friend" is not looking to re-do yesterday...
So let's say a "friend" yesterday put the original cleaned-up heads back on his 7.3. New Victor Reinz gaskets and ARP head studs. Torqued the studs 170 times (17 per side, 5 iterations for the 3 levels in the service manual, plus the 125 ft-lbs for ARP, and the last double check).
Then "my friend" may have noticed the head that was originally on the passenger side is now on the driver side and vise versa. This is based on the plug missing from the passenger head for the heater core hose.
Does "my friend" need to swap them back and get new gaskets, or are the heads interchangeable? Is the cylinder head the same for both sides?
The heads have the same part number cast in them. They are the same part number according to the service manual blown-up view. The gaskets are the same. The intake has two mounting bolts 180 degrees apart as though the heads are the same.
Thanks for the help.
...my "friend" is not looking to re-do yesterday...