Torque order of hold down bolts on a 2.5L cylinder head

O.D.

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My attempt WRT my TJ build was to remove the cylinder head and sand it down. I started off with loosening the 5 cylinder head bolts and they all loosened easily. Then i started in on the double ended studs and wellll...... They are on good. Since i didn't have a 12sided 13mm deep socket handy i had to use a wrench end and i just couldn't get the leverage to break them..... So i just decided to tape down the areas i didn't want to affect and did a quick grind job right on the block.

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O.D.

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Got it. Ended up just cutting off the heads of the studs which then allowed me to use my shallow 12pt 13mm.
 
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