05-1200 conversion....just tried to fire up the bike and i'm getting a burst of air out of the front and back cylinders on the left side at the head gaskets....i torqued everything to spec but am now questioning if i bottomed out the line up sleeves....any suggestions

 

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Take it apart and start over. Follow those instructions I posted. Good Luck!

If you use Cometic gaskets (and some other makes) You do not use O-rings around the dowels.

http://www.nrhsperformance.com/NrhsInstructionSheet.pdf

 

do you have the spark plugs in it?

 

what do you mean by cosmetic gaskets...and i'm almost positive i put the o rings back around the dowels...it was march when i bolted it back up...was away working for 3 months since :/

 

i used a complete set of gaskets from harley...almost positive i put the o rings around the dowels....

 

Its Cometic gaskets. Its a brand name. Jims and Cometic make the best gaskets out there. I don't know what brand you used.

 

I can't help you with Harley gasket sets, I never use them and never will. Sorry. Did it say in the service manual to use te dowel O-rings?

 

for a 86 - 03 you would put the O-rings back on the dowels. BUT as I said some gasket manufacturers were able to do away with them. I don't know if they upgraded the Harley gaskets sets.

This is from the manual.

 

i followed the manual and i showed the o rings being placed back on the dowels...my only thought is i may not have set them in deep enough...im gonna tear it apart again tommorow....thanks for the advice

 

Are you sure you torqued it back down to spec......I can't remember the exact spec's but I thought you had to mark the cylinder/head bolts after you torqued them to something like 120 ft/lb and then turning them another 1/4 turn. I had one of mine backing out after my Indy did the conversion, and I ddecided to go back and do the replacement myself.