[hopfenundmalz]

My old boss used to say, "tighten it until it breaks and then back off a half a turn."
40 ft# is fairly tight, but not quite as tight as Jim suggests.  A car's lug nuts are usually about 85 ft# and spark plugs are about 15 if that helps.

Did a project on a locomotive, the torque spec for the bolts the held the generator to the frame was 1200 ft-lbs. 

[flbrewer]

Tried to get that valve off and wow, it was damn near cemented down. Didn't bother, but did re-read the manual which mentions just to take the valve apart and clean. After thinking about it, I think they just mean to pull it off (screws off) and wash that part.

I'm going to treat it the same as the MT and soak, rinse through some PBW and Starsan and call it a day.

Time to friggin' brew already!

[chinaski]

To aproximae 40 ftlbs. Just tighten until there's blood in your stool and you'll be close.

This makes me smile.  Thanks Jim!

Not enough mention of blood in stool these days, is there?

[S. cerevisiae]

Did a project on a locomotive, the torque spec for the bolts the held the generator to the frame was 1200 ft-lbs. 

That sounds like a GM Electro-Motive Division project.

[hopfenundmalz]

Did a project on a locomotive, the torque spec for the bolts the held the generator to the frame was 1200 ft-lbs. 

That sounds like a GM Electro-Motive Division project.

Yes, that was 30 years ago. Time flies.