Originally Posted by Lha1988
Most instructions recommend oil after cleaning threads[with a chaser or tap],using new head bolts,etc. I've used anti-seize on head bolts with good results. I usually clean the threads in the block with a brass brush and WD-40,then like a gun barrel,with oiled swabs. right before install.I spray carb cleaner and air to get any oil and gunk out. I always retorque after a few hundred miles and check valves.


Thank you sir.

That's pretty much how I've done it in the past:
Run a flat-bottom 12 X 1.75 tap thru both Head Bolt and Crankshaft Bearing Cap holes, swiveling the block surface down, douching holes with Brake Cleaner, then blow out with compressed air. And it wouldn't be complete without me running a die over the bolt threads either. I haven't ever replaced Head Bolts.

Moly-B is the anti-seize product I've used. On Spark Plug threads too.
In your folk's estimation, is Molybdenum Disulfide Grease equal to the dedicated anti-seize products out there?

Thanks much.
Steve

'80 4X4 Longbed