No permanent fix (unless you feel like welding an aluminum plate to the
manifold - risky as the manifold is a "dirty" casting).
Stick with a aluminum plate (like the one from APS or Hughes), "The Right
Stuff" RTV, proper TQ, and that should hold. (Worked on mine with 10# boost
and nitrous - still sealed).
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Jason Bleazard
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 2:41 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: Permanent belly pan fix
Rats... my '95 has started pinging again. :-(
I know it needs new plugs and probably a good throttle body cleaning, but
I'm guessing there's a good chance the belly pan gasket has gone bad for the
second time. I'll take a look to be sure.
In the mean time, wasn't there a permanent fix for these? I couldn't find a
definitive answer in the archives, other than going to an MPI intake (too
bad mine's a V6).
Thanks.
-- Jason Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Burlington, Ontario his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat Jan 01 2005 - 11:47:52 EST