How much can I tighten valve body bolts

[mudslingur]

Today I dropped the trans pan on my 77 150.My C-6 was making bubbles so I figued the valve body bolts were loose or some thing.I went ahead and dropped the pan and sure enough a few of them SOB's were loose.When I changed the filter last year,I torked them to spec but for some reason they came loose.

I was just wondering how much can I safely tighten them,with out breaking something?

thanks

[Mark Kovalsky]

Don't go past the recommended torque. The valve body bolts go into soft aluminum. Too much torque and you will be installing helicoils.

[Blurry94]

Ageed....not much torque is required to lock down the valve body.

I've always started at the center and worked my way out in all directions.