I'm convinced either the asshat who built my motor was bound and determined to cut as many corners as possible or honda torque specs are BS regarding anything having to do with rubber seals. Last time I did a valve adjustment, I broke probably about half the little valve cover nuts/studs just torqueing them to FSM specs... so I had to go buy all new studs and nuts. Just now I was putting the oil pan on (after fishing for car parts in the windage tray, not fun, in case you were wondering), I set my brand new torque wrench to 10 lbs, and started tightening the bolts. Well, two of them broke before the wrench ever clicked, leading me to believe that 10 lbs is horseshit, and you should just get your smallest wrench and hand tighten them. So now I'm eternally damned to have a leaky oil pan gasket (both broken bolts are right next to eachother).


On the plus side, my new head is finally on and the bottom of the motor is put back together. All I gotta do is put in the cams, do a valve adjustment and put both manifolds back on and I should have a fully functioning motor.