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Old 03-05-2015, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by drowssap
that's a decision you will have to make yourself if you want to use bolts or studs.

Personally i would use studs, i believe a lot of these junk blocks are caused by the people replacing the head gaskets.
they jerk the bolts tight, use extension bars, cheater bars and what not because they can not evenly apply the proper pressure to smoothly tighten the bolt. which cracks the hole in the block but thats just my theroy

Thanks, I will be returning the bolt kit. Atlantic British was able to offer me a price match on the studs from Summit Racing.. Great company! If anyone reading this is in a similar situation just call and send the salesperson a link to the summit racing page, and they will match the price! Thanks AB!

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/arp-157-4301
 
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Originally Posted by drowssap
that's a decision you will have to make yourself if you want to use bolts or studs.

Personally i would use studs, i believe a lot of these junk blocks are caused by the people replacing the head gaskets.
they jerk the bolts tight, use extension bars, cheater bars and what not because they can not evenly apply the proper pressure to smoothly tighten the bolt. which cracks the hole in the block but thats just my theroy
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Dropped the heads off at the machine shop for a surface and valve job. Inspecting the head gaskets, is there a way to determine whether a head gasket job was done before on my truck?

Machine shop doing the work is Gary's Tucson

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Garys...48457685197808
 
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only if you have a noticeable "other than oem" brand gasket or studs or something easily noticeable.
both original head gaskets that i have removed had "land rover" embedded in them
 
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there are measurement in the RAVE or the LR engine manual, it will give you point of measure.using them you can tell if its been decked and by how much.
 
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only if you have a noticeable "other than oem" brand gasket or studs or something easily noticeable.
both original head gaskets that i have removed had "land rover" embedded in them
I did notice the land rover emblem on the blown head gasket. I am going to replace the water pump now, any recommended manufacturer or OEM?
 
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brass impeller is best
http://www.partsgeek.com/gbproducts/...Q-saAvde8P8HAQ


i use the cheaper version
 
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I also used a cheaper one because the stock is not brass, and no one could tell me the advantage to brass.
 
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I also used a cheaper one because the stock is not brass, and no one could tell me the advantage to brass.
brass is supposed to last longer and is at the lesser risk of having a corrosive reaction in the cooling system, but I'm with you. I will save my money if it was good enough for oem, its good enough for me. i am more concerned with the seals than the metal. the seals are the same in the regular and in the brass.
cheap one = http://www.carid.com/2000-land-rover...-22519776.html
 
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Thanks guys, is the inline thermostat mod worth the effort? I hear nothing but good things thus far from the thread I have been reading.

https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...rmostat-67535/
 
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