[khamul02]

Walt,
All good questions and there is a host of reasons, none are high priority.

First some of these studs were a little damaged. Putting a nut on wasn't effortless which I would think might mess with setting the torque on those studs.

Second, the cam housings had a couple nicks in them where the valve cover gaskets go so I thought I could do a light resurface to those areas as well as replate or replace studs that were damaged.

Once I did a few I thought why not attempt them all and replate or replace studs as needed. I'm looking at belmetric to see if I can find replacement. If I can't then I will just put the dye on them and replate them.

The plugs.. man they are hidden but they really have a coat of rust on them. So I was going to replate them as well but now I will just buy a couple new ones. Anything on this engine that I can get at a decent price new, I'm going to replace.

So, yes I'm going to attempt to pull every stud on this thing. I will leave the heads to the pros. I don't want to mess with those exhaust studs. Are there any others on the engine as prone to break or cause damage?

All that being said.. I have no clue what I'm doing.. I'm enjoying the process and hopefully won't screw anything up beyond repair.