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Originally Posted by RKDinOKC View Post
When I was 19 years old I rebuilt the engine on a 71 Audi 100. Used Dad's tools. The torque wrench was old and the type was missing but Dad assured me it was accurate. In the first 300 miles the engine fell apart. The torque wrench was inch lbs instead of ft lbs.
Don't be so hard on yourself: the 300 miles you got out of an early 70s Audi engine wasn't much worse than that of the factory.

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