Today I decided to spend 1/2 the day being lazy and went to the hot springs with the family to relax. The other 1/2 of the day was spent taking off the driver side head and cleaning it up along with the deck.



I got the new lifters in and chased all the head bolt holes with the tap. Did at least 5 passes and each pass I cleaned each hole with brake cleaner. I also cleaned out the cylinders like I did the passenger side and got them wiped with a small amount of WD-40. Before and after pics...





I then installed the refurbished Arp studs and used the Optimum Black.







Afterward cleaned the deck and head again with brake clean and then installed the 6.5 head gasket and head. I soaked the washers and nuts in 10w-40 like I did for the Passenger side and used just the socket to get them hand tight on the studs. Then I torqued them starting at 25 foot pounds, then 35,45,55,65,75,85,95,105 and final 115.

Will let the gasket settle over night and torque it one last time to 115 pounds in the morning before the Optimum black cure time expires.