Steam out the stbd exhaust...

[JBCOBRA]

When I changed my intake gaskets I took four bolts the same size as the intake gasket bolts but longer and cut the heads off and cut screwdriver slots in them so when I put the gaskets on I had these 4 bolts in there acting as guides for the gaskets and intake being dropped on the engine, so when I when I put the manifold on the bolts kept the gaskets in the correct place and then once I got a few of the regular intake both in I simply unscrewed these 4 bolts and replaced them with intake bolts

[Chuckr]

Wow this takes me back.

When my dad changed intake gaskets back in the day (50s & 60s) he had dowels he used for the same purpose.

Good stuff JBCOBRA, thanks for the walk down memory lane

Chuck

[tortuga]

Originally Posted by JBCOBRA

When I changed my intake gaskets I took four bolts the same size as the intake gasket bolts but longer and cut the heads off and cut screwdriver slots in them so when I put the gaskets on I had these 4 bolts in there acting as guides for the gaskets and intake being dropped on the engine, so when I when I put the manifold on the bolts kept the gaskets in the correct place and then once I got a few of the regular intake both in I simply unscrewed these 4 bolts and replaced them with intake bolts

The really neat thing that i found is that the head gaskets have little tabs that mesh in with the intake manifold gaskets holding them in place! This is the kind of thing that won the war...

Also the SPF header gaskets have hooks on either end: You start the bolts on the far ends, then simply drop the gasket over the two bolts and thread the rest in...Simple but totally brilliant!

Really kind of a fun engine to wrench on.

Had to pull the valve covers off to put a bit more pre-tension on the rockers, but ALL good now.

I've got a local hotrod mechanic that maintains millions of $ of classics who is going to help put the fine tune on her tonight, Life is GOOD.

[tortuga]

Kind of obvious which cylinder got steam cleaned eh?

All back together, and Guido at Alameda's world famous Lee Auto Parts watching dad buy gaskets...