2 quickie questions

[bill2000]

First the really dumb one: when doing a cold retorque of the head, do you loosen them all first and then retorque them all, or loosen and tighten one at a time?

Second, I'm replacing my clutch slave and I've taken the front spring clip off and am planning to draw it out to the rear but it seems pretty frozen in place. Is there a trick or is it time to get out the BFH? I'm worried about using too much force and breaking the mount. For now it's soaking in penetrant.

Thanks,
Bill

[bshorey]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bill2000 First the really dumb one: when doing a cold retorque of the head, do you loosen them all first and then retorque them all, or loosen and tighten one at a time?

[bill2000]

Thanks for the quick response.

head;
I've done the initial warm retorquing after I swapped in the new head. The owner's manual ('73 GTV) says to do a cold retorque, loosening and tightening.

slave:
I put pipe wrench on it and tried turning it with a hammer on the handle, but was reluctant to really lay into it. If the penetrant doesn't help by tomorrow I'll try the flame wrench.

Bill

[papajam]

Alfa issued a TSB in 1988 upping the cold retorque on the 2l engines to 65 lb/ft.

[bill2000]

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Originally Posted by papajam Alfa issued a TSB in 1988 upping the cold retorque on the 2l engines to 65 lb/ft.

[papajam]

Yes. Try using some penetrant as bs suggests. There are two flats on the slave that will allow the use of waterpump pliers (or similar) to try to rotate the cylinder. Once it rotates, it can be removed.
Put a thin coating of anti-seize on the new cylinder before installation.