1500 19mm 10 bolt carbureted cylinder head retorque question

[John Barbieri]

I have newly rebuilt a 1500 and I understand that the cylinder head must be retorqued after the first 500 miles or so. Does the cam box have to come off in order to get to the head nuts on the intake/exhaust side of the head or is there a special tool that eliminates the need to remove the cam box?

TIA

 

[JimD]

There is a special set of wrenches

The wrenches have the shapes needed to perform the retorque without pulling the cam box. Here is what the two wrenches look like:

Ignore the black octagon in the middle, that is a wheel bearing tool.

 

[John Barbieri]

so... where can one obtain such a pair of wrenches?

 

[JimD]

ebay or mirafiori

I got this set offer eBay years ago You could check with the Mira tool loaner program.

TonyK made a set for himself:

 

[eflexter]

also

If you used a Fel Pro head gasket, you don't have to do the retorque.