OK since you just did this, what am I leaving out.

1. Intake gasket
2. beer
3. throttle body gasket
4. beer
5. thermostat gasket
6. beer
7. lots of black RTV
8. beer


Am I forgetting anything, especially gaskets.

 

If you get the Felpro gasket kit ($14.99 AutoZone), it will come with the 2 manifold gaskets, as well as a distributor gasket. So that base is covered. Also, it does come with a small bottle of RTV, but you're gonna need more, so grab some of that. Get the black kind. Do you have a GOOD power drill? If not, I will bring mine, and we need to get some special sanding bits to makes sure we get EVERY speck of gasket off your engine. I also have some spray-on gasket remover that works really well that I'll bring. If you want, when I get to your place we can make a run to AutoZone...

 

Ohh and don't forget the beer...

 

A brewski for Bruceki?

don't forget to get a bunch of paper shop towels to stuff down in the intake ports of the heads while you're cleaning up the gasket surfaces.

 

It's "Bruski" actually, gonna get that on my next custom plate And yeah, he has a good point. Also, do you have a shop-vac?

 

Thanks... I couldn't get it to fit together. If you don't have a shop vac let me know and I'll bring mine. Also, do you have a timing light?

 

I have a shop vac and a timing light. But it's just an average timing light. It's not one of those fancy ones with the adjustable **** on it.

 

I do have a drill. It's pretty good.

Special sanding bits????? For the drill?

 

Yep, or a dremel to polish up the gasket surface to make sure there aren't any remnants of the old gasket. I did mine with a dremel and 2 cutoff wheels attached together. They lasted longer that way.

You'll need a steel ruler to check and make sure the suface is clean.

I'm flying in in 2 weeks for the weekend, will spend 1 weekend and then 1 whole week in Phoenix in Nov. Christmas is looking a bit lonely but other than that..

The 80 hasn't even been out of the garage. I should have used this time while the 91 is in the shop to work on the manifold, but it's still a little warm here. That, and I don't have a couple bud's that can come over on a beer's notice and help me out, yet.

Chris

 

I can bring my dremel and the little wire brush thing for it. I don't see why you couldn't get it all off with a scraper.

 

If it was one solid flat surface without little holes everywhere, then sure...but let me tell you it makes it a $@%& load easier with something to grind it away...

 

I also have the sanding/polishing wheels for a drill if that's what you're talking about.

Wouldn't you have to put some scoddle skeet on there to keep it from leaking?