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Originally Posted by speeder
And sure enough, it does say to oil the bolt flanges. Missed that previously.
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IMHO, the dry feel friction you felt was not the threads but the dry flanges. Doesn't matter one bit, still the same problem of achieving the exact torque. So, will you remove one at a time? I assume these are not single use bolts.
It's been many years since I built an engine but IIRC if you remove all the bolts and start over you would need new head gaskets. A small price to pay for your confidence that things are correct. Since the engine is apparently out of the truck on a stand, it would seem easy to re do it.
Only my opinion.