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I will try to get some pics up in the next couple days of the different models of gaskets. Victor Reinz/Clevite made the most recent head gaskets, but have stopped making them. They are getting harder to find. I have a request out right now waiting to hear back if this company has any. I will...

Marti(M543a2) in Northern Indiana is a farmer and uses his trucks for work. I saw him indicate in another thread that he likes the old style better for some reason. Edit, found it! Post #14...

Good call, thats page 49 for quick reference.

I don't know if I agree with that. At least, on the stud going into the block. I have pulled a couple and it didn't give me the "warm and fuzzys". I will record all data I can and post up(sometime). Also, the threads going into the block are not as fine as the threads to hold the heads on.

I still wonder how much torque it will take to rip a stud out. That block that Crusher has, that I plan on looking into the oil pressure regulator, might have some destructive testing done on the head studs. I wonder if my 3/4 drive torque wrench will break anything.

Has anyone(other than Rusty's tractor guy) had a failure of head studs? I don't believe I've ever heard of one. Not that the info isn't great to have, I just think its a waste of $$$$.

There is 3 different rod bolts used on the rods to crank. The latest and greatest is the 12 point(head) bolts.

Have you seen the instructions for installing and torquing gaskets? Unless you have a TD(thick deck) block, you are only supposed to go up to 140ftlbs. The TD blocks get 158ish(can't recall right now). Some one needs to find out the depth of each. TD and non-TD.

Rosco, the latest and greatest are made by Victor Reinz. I guess I should post up some pictures so that folks can see which is which. I'll try to get some pics of each this week.

I have read that there is different generations of the "tab" head gaskets. Thats what I am asking for more info on.

If you have changed your head gaskets and they were the old "tab style" gaskets, what was the failure? Also, I have heard there were 3 generations of the tab style, how do you tell which is which?