TORQUE SECQUENCE FOR LINCOLN H- V12 CYLINDER HEADS

I believe I have collected all Ford-Produced manuals on the Lincoln H V12 and

NONE have a torque sequence diagram .

Does anyone out there have such a thing?

I can find LOTS of them for the flathead V8.

Maybe a 1941 MOTOR manual?

I assume you start at the center and work outward to both ends.

Mike, like you I have never seen any published head tightening sequence fo the V12 in a Ford manual. Last year I believe Tom Overfield posted a fel-pro site that did indeed show a torquing sequence for them. Believe it was "Fel-pro torque specs guide"?

FOUND IT!

Right where you told me to look

Thank You Dee!

Mike

Also to clarify for others reading this thread now and in the far future, I'd recommend 3 passes in this sequence.

1st pass to 'snug' the nuts

2nd pass to torque to spec

3rd pass again torque to spec after first 50-100 miles or so.

Definitely would not recommend torquing #1 to spec then installign #2 and so on. Install all first, snug all, then torque all. Doesnt hurt to retorque after test drive or a month of driving - much as you would retorquing lug nuts on a wheel, but I know most dont follow that recommendation either.

Jim

In preparing to install the heads on my rebuilt V-12 , I just noticed that the sequence

diagram that I downloaded from the Fel-Pro site is not printed correctly ; the numbers

are upside-down, making it very confusing to torque the head bolts.

I have redone this diagram with the numbers "flipped" - MUCH SIMPLER!

.....and this time I spelled sequence correctly

Mike