Jon...relax...drink a beer. ;)
(I think your GF wanted more than just a "talk" if she was askin' if the
truck is done.)
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: I got this leak whooped
at least I hope so :-) I decided to pull the manifold to see what's up...
I must be getting used to these intakes, cuz 10min after I started I had the
blame thing off the truck =) There was oil between the head and the
manifold gaskets, I did find that some of the manifold bolts were not tight
like they should be.
I had also noticed that there was a slight interference between the MPI and
the distributor, so out came the Dremel and out went the clearence
problem... I put some fresh teflon tape on both the dist. hold down bolt as
well as the oil pressure sending unit.
BTW, whenever you people need RTV, forget it. Spend the extra cash, buy a
can of "The Right Stuff" totally awesome performance! The end gasket leak
is no longer, no doubt about it. Where I dimpled the block and manifold,
welllll it's a pain in the perverbial ass to clean "T.R.S" out of those
areas. I won't complain about that though, cuz they aint gonna leak!
So here I sit 2 hours later, almost finished... I've been workin on cars for
goin on 12 hours straight today, plus the GF called and gave me the "is
working on your truck more important than talking to me" gig, which ate up
some time...
So I think given the opportunity to work w/o a phone near me, and doing this
on a day off I could probably do the manifold swap in less than an hour.
:-)
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Jon Smith--Raleigh, NC
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