Hi Bolters! Well HRL, today I went to see my friend at the machine shop. I told him that I torqued the rods to the specs in the Chevy Truck Shop manual. That is 40-50 lbs. Monty told me that I needed to torque them no more than 30-35 lbs. So, lesson learned. A good peice of advice for other bolters! I was just following the shop manual, and thought I was doing the right thing. He also told me as you did that I would need to take the pistons back out of the engine and bring them in for a check, once I locate some new bolts. I will replace them all as you said. So far, no one has them. I am going to check one more source for some used ones. Well, back to the drawing board!!!!!
Thanks again!
KT
