Realgasket torque

[mike10]

I'm torquing down my Valve Cover, my first Realgasket gasket. It says 15 inch pounds of torque. I do have a inch pound torque wench I bought by accident. I have the bolts all torqued down to 8 inch pounds I'm chicken to take them to the full 15 inch pounds! Anyone who uses these gaskets, can you give me some advice. The gasket looks like it is already mashing down. I'm not sure how accurate the wrench is. I don't want to over tighten. Thank You

[Steve]

There was a discussion on this very topic, it seemed like it was only yesterday.

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[mike10]

There was a discussion on this very topic, it seemed like it was only yesterday.

Oh, wait, it WAS only yesterday.

Click HERE to read about it.

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Thank You, guess I will stop now and see if it leaks. I can always make it tighter

[Nessism]

There was a discussion on this very topic, it seemed like it was only yesterday.

Oh, wait, it WAS only yesterday.

Click HERE to read about it.

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Funny one. Mike10 is the king of no searching before starting a new thread.

[mike10]

OK I DiD IT

Funny one. Mike10 is the king of no searching before starting a new thread.

I was having problems with my coil relay job. So I SEARCHED the electrical threads. There it was the same problem I was having. Do not use 87A tab on the relay for coil hot wires as it is always hot. My right coil was hot when the key was off and no spark on 2 & 3 when the key on. Connected both hots to coil, to tab 87. I got a ton of nice white spark on all four. Just never thought of searching threads before. Thank You for helping me not look like a Dumb A$$.

[Steve]

I was having problems with my coil relay job. So I SEARCHED the electrical threads. There it was the same problem I was having. Do not use 87A tab on the relay for coil hot wires as it is always hot. My right coil was hot when the key was off and no spark on 2 & 3 when the key on. Connected both hots to coil, to tab 87. I got a ton of nice white spark on all four. Just never thought of searching threads before. Thank You for helping me not look like a Dumb A$$.

Just so you know, there ARE some relays out there (I just got a couple at Advance Auto) that have two 87 terminals, instead of an 87 and an 87a. If it has two 87s, they both come on when the relay is activated. That works well for powering the coils individually or running one wire to both coils and a dedicated wire for your sense wire on the r/r.

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