My cylinder studs have sat for 24 hours and the red Loctite is set up. I removed everything and took some pictures of where all the o-rings go and some stuff to look for.
Make sure your gasket surfaces are CLEAN and free from any damage. Now is the perfect toime to make sure your head and cylinder mating surfaces are not warped. I had my surfaces decked by Cycle X so I am good to go. I used a steel rule just to double check. I don't want to leave any stones unturned!
Bottom of the cylinders are flat!
Top of the cylinders are flat!
Bottom of the head is flat!
Top of the head is flat!
The manual is clear as mud and it took me a lot of head scratching and forum searches to come up with this info. The bastard child F2-F3 engines only use two oil feed/return and the K models use 4. Here is a picture of the bottom of my F3 cylinder showing where the oil feeds up, through the holes on the right.
I had Cycle X install bronze bushings on the unused port that is usually exposed to the atmosphere and WILL rust your new APE studs if not installed. A worthwhile expense IMO.
Since the inner oil feeds don't get used Honda installed four small o-rings over the studs between the crankcase and cylinder. So four small o-rings and two large orings (six total o-rings) get installed between the crankcase and cylinder, as well as two knock pins. Make sure they are the longer pins.
Also make sure to install new o-rings around the cylinders. I like to lube all my o-rings with Parker O lube.
On my F3 since the oil feed is used only on the two outer studs I only need two knock pins. on each side of the cylinder. Its a common problem to get a new gasket that does not have the holes enlarged to accommodate the rubber gaskets that install around the knock pins like this.
I have read that those rubber knock pin gaskets are not a big deal to worry about and since my gasket is not cut to accept them I think I will just leave them out. I will install a VERY thin layer of Hylomar around this area instead just as insurance.
This is VERY VERY important and one of the reasons I had a head gasket leak the first time around. When my head was decked I did not compensate for the material that was removed and my knock pins where to long. This prevented the head from full seating on the gasket and cylinder and caused me to blow a head gasket.
MAKE SURE YOUR KNOCK PINS SIT FLUSH WITH THE CYLINDER SURFACE!