What did you do to your truck today part IV

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by dweikum

Working to solve leaky exhaust issues that I inherited...the [studs] from manifold to exhaust were non-existant, the bolts used needed to be tightened daily, so that had to change. After installing studs, a compression plug that was in the hole for the flapper blew out, had to order that and pull the manifolds to drill out the hole and re-plug...manifolds needed to come of at some point anyway as there was also a leak on the forward exhaust port, so pulled the manifolds and found that the gasket was not breached at the exhaust port as I suspected. Turns out the intake manifold face stood above the exhaust manifold face by a fair amount. The bolts bonding the manifolds together were NOT coming out without a fight (that I did not want to lose), so I applied a little redneck machine shop skills and brought out the belt sander to even the faces out. Lots of steel dust later I had a fairly consistent face ready to reinstall.





This is all temporary as it's all going away in favor of a more modern setup as soon as I can get parts ordered.

Finishing up the install after work today, hope to have her back on the road by dinner time.

Is the engine new/recently rebuilt? If not, I really hope that you put new freeze plugs in the head.