Spark plug wire conduit

I’m installing a spark plug wire conduit which is secured by two of the “acorn” cylinder head nuts. Am I inviting a problem such as messing up the cylinder head gasket by removing these nuts? It’s a ‘70 series 2 E Type, so I presume the nuts are torqued to 58 ft lbs. Also, I’m k on painting the c

That’s how I did it with no problems.

That said, undoing the nut on a head stud always carries some degree of risk (broken stud, loose stud).

There are several threads on this topic, here is a recent one:

Tom