You should be able to reuse the gasket if your careful. The gasket will be
hard and inflexible, so be careful not to drop it. I've reuses the header
gasket before with out problems on a year old install
At 02:39 AM 10/9/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>hey all - couple questions for yall:
>
>
>
>so my headers have been on for about two weeks. is there any consensus on
>whether I could get away with pulling my right side header without having
>to track down a new gasket?
>
>If need-be, will I be able to hit a parts store and get a header gasket
>for a 318/360 Magnum block? or exhaust gasket material that I could cut
>one out of?
>
>I wish I'd thought to do things in the right order, but I really wanted to
>get my headers on for LeVa..... Now I've found that to get drilling
>clearance for mounting my oil filter relocation kit, having that header
>out of the way would make life far easier. I'm thinking as long as I use
>plenty of ultra copper and let it set up completely before running the
>truck I should be okay, but I've got *no* experience with exhaust
>seals. thoughts?
>
>
>
>since I know there were questions on the filter relocation kit:
>
>I've figured out where I can put the mount (right frame rail just ahead of
>the engine mount, using a 1.5"x2" steel L bracket to move the mount high
>enough to easily clear steering gear). Of course I have yet to find out
>whether I can get away with the large filter, and I don't know if I'll be
>able to change my filters without pulling the skid plate adam gave me
>(since I have yet to try and put that up).
>
>I think the skid plate will wait for daktoberfest so I can get on the lift
>and make it hopefully easier to align to drill new holes -- no way I'll
>get my torsion bar crossmember straight again. I'm due for an o/c now,
>though, so it would be nice to get the filter relocation ready to go.
>
>Maybe I can get SS braid and AN ends ordered to swap in at Jon's in a warm
>garage, or else it can wait until spring. I'm going to use the provided
>rubber hose and nipple fittings for a little while in order to get a good
>feel for where I want hoses to run and what angle ANs will be best and such.
>
>
>
>BTW - jon - do you think you'd be up for a little powdercoating job on the
>friday night of daktoberfest? I'm going to give that angle bracket a
>healthy dose of primer to keep rust at bay, but I think powdercoating may
>give it a bit more life, and that would be a Good Thing. or will the
>"rust-inhibiting" primer with a few coats of paint be just as good?
>--
>Michael Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/>
>ClassTech Consultant - ITS Printer Tech - ITS Lab Tech
>mobile.612.618.4652 campus.585.274.2246 fax.954.697.0487
David Rand Kirtland
drk16@cornell.edu
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