"The Right Stuff " is the ticket. I havent had any problem with it sealing
even with a stock belly pan on 100hp nitrous shots or 10psi from a blower.
Greg Conner
1996 RC
3.9 hybrid
>From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <fasstdak@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>Subject: DML: RE: Permanent belly pan fix
>Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 07:30:41 -0600
>
>
>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
>
>
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