Torque settings on a ford ranger 2004 head gasket

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The diagram you seek is below.

SOURCE: head bolt torque for a 1996 ford ranger 2.3liter

tighten first to 26lbs,then go back do 56lbs

SOURCE: Head bolt torque specs needed for 96 tbird 3.8

Head bolts are torque to yeild so you MUST use new bolts.
Tighten cylinder head retaining bolts in numerical sequence in three steps as follows:

1. 20 Nm (15 lb-ft).

1. 40 Nm (30 lb-ft).

1. 50 Nm (37 lb-ft)

• Tighten to 40-50 Nm (30-37 lb-ft).
• Rotate an additional 175-185 degrees.
• Go to next bolt in sequence.

• Tighten to 20-30 Nm (15-22 lb-ft).
• Rotate an additional 175-185 degrees.
• Go to next bolt in sequence.

SOURCE: Head gasket torque specs

Here you go, I hope this is what you were looking for:

For 1987-94 models, the cylinder head bolts are tightened in 3 progressive steps. Tighten them in the proper sequence as follows:
Step 1: 50-55 ft. lbs. (68-75 Nm) Step 2: 60-65 ft. lbs. (81-88 Nm) Step 3: 70-85 ft. lbs. (95-115 Nm) Let me know if I can assist you with anything else.

SOURCE: need cylinder head gasket torque specs.

looks like there is special sequence to reassemble and tightening, a quick note replace any bolts that have two punch marks.tighten as follows: x x x x x 10 4 2 6 8 x x x x x 7 5 1 3 9 torque all down to 15 ft lbs torque to 30 ft lbs plus 90 degrees. Good luck!