89 johnson 60 hp. Head bolt sequence?

[fincherjon@yahoo.com]

The manual I bought has the bolt sequence for the older model with more bolts. Anyone have the sequence for 89 on hand. Thanks!

 

[Bosunsmate]

not me sorry, but ive always gone inside to outside in a circular pattern. doing it in two stages and retorquing after heat up and cool down

 

[Tim Frank]

Follow the pattern until you run out of bolts....then repeat the sequence.
i.e. if you have 10 bolts and the diagram has 14, ignore #s 11-14 on the diagram

Then as Bosunsmate suggests.

 

[racerone]

Fact--All 25 year old cylinder heads are warped.-----Have you checked it , resurfaced the head ??----If not , some of your torque value goes into straightening the head and not into compressing the gasket.

 

[fincherjon@yahoo.com]

No I haven't had it checked. I don't have the funds right now. I guess it'll be best to wait and do it right. Thanks for the advice

 

[fincherjon@yahoo.com]

When cleaning I could see a slight bit of hard brownish residue from some type of sealer. I was told the gasket is installed dry. Sealer or no sealer? This is an OEM gasket.

 

[Bosunsmate]

No I haven't had it checked. I don't have the funds right now. I guess it'll be best to wait and do it right. Thanks for the advice

All you need is some light sandpaper and a few dollars worth of glass or just use a mirror like i do.
Wet the sandpaper and move the head on the glass in a figure 8 pattern until all the head high spots are shaved down to the rest of the head

 

[Bosunsmate]

When cleaning I could see a slight bit of hard brownish residue from some type of sealer. I was told the gasket is installed dry. Sealer or no sealer? This is an OEM gasket.

Who knows what the last person did. Most gaskets have inbuilt sealer on them, id follow instructions

 

[fincherjon@yahoo.com]

I have some nice heavy panes of glass.i would just use a couple sheets of sandpaper? Seems like the paper would need to be longer than the head? How do you keep the paper from sliding around. What are we talking 400 600? Thank you all for your help!

 

[racerone]

You can also use valve grinding compound directly on the glass.

 

[oldboat1]

large sheet of 400 or 600 wet/dry sandpaper works well. can wet the bottom to help keep it in place (I usually use the surface of my old table saw). Actually, I use the paper dry for sanding, but could wet sand I guess (dip the sheet, and lay it out on the hard surface). Might be better.

 

[fincherjon@yahoo.com]

I got the head trued. Thanks for the advice. It worked out great. I can't squeeze my thinnest feeler gauge under it.

 

[fincherjon@yahoo.com]

The sequence is actually #'d on the head. Can't believe I didn't notice it.