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Zulfiqar · #90 11-17-2014, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Jooseppi Luna

A couple things of note:

I bought this on eBay. It's a "digital torque adapter" that has a range of 3 - 59 ft-lbs and is accurate within 2% at 12-59 ft-lbs. I'm looking forward to using it. I'm going to end up tightening the bolts on the IM using a combination of this and a 20-200 inch-lb torque wrench that i can get through Autozone's tool rental program. I figure that I can use my new toy to check the calibration of the Autozone wrench.
A side benefit of being a vacuum collector is that I have vacuum parts lying around. Since I don't have a leaf blower, I was thinking of reversing the polarity on this vacuum motor and hooking it up to a coolant hose. How does that sound?

The motor is actually inside that steel casing, where you see the nut in this picture:
Here's the updated torque pattern that I have found. Does this look right?
- Tighten the vertical lower intake manifold bolts (1) to 7 N.m (62 lb in)
- Tighten the diagonal lower intake manifold bolts (2) to 7 N.m (62 lb in)
- Tighten the vertical lower intake manifold bolts (1) to 13 N.m (115 lb in)
- Tighten the diagonal lower intake manifold bolts (2) to 25 N.m (18 lb ft)

the torque sequence is correct except that its missing the last step of advancing the vertical bolts to 115 lb/in again as they will be loose once you torque down the side bolts to 18 lb/ft (your step 4)

the side bolts are not a straight shot and require either a super shorty wobble socket or a crows foot.