Recent content by Michael_

Yes i know. That's why i came up with the theory that the first owner of the car had the valley pan replaced but this did not fix the leak. Then his mechanic told him this is something bigger and he decided to park the car. A Couple decades later someone else sold the car to me either knowing...

Unfortunately i threw it away but YES i do have a picture: My Gallery — Postimages

Even those made pre 72 ? Never had a car with aluminum heads pre 72 so idk.

Was going ŧo say this!

So meanwhile the new NOS gaskets arrived and yesterday we redid the job. Same story. It held up for about 30-40miles and then started leaking again. Pretty bad and on both sides. I can almost kill the engine spraying carburetor cleaner along the left or right side of the intake manifold. This...

Idk. but 40k for a paint job sounds like straight up THIEVERY to me.

I did some more research and it almost looks like that the type of "RTV" that we used is NOT suitable for this application (Elring Dirko HT ProfiPress). I will order another NOS valley pan gasket and once its back apart i will check the cylinder head mounting surfaces with a straight edge. I...

No. How would i know the fitment is correct? Also in your Picture there is no RTV on the china wall portion of the valley pan. Don't you use RTV there or did you put it on after taking the picture?

I don't know that. It would surprise me but at this point also not that much. But what do you do in this case i mean taking something off the manifold just makes this worse i assume? The case against this is that i own the car for 5 years now and while i have not been driving nearly as much as...

Today i'm in the mood to sink the car into a lake... :D Started it up cold and it idled BEAUTIFULLY and was definitely not leaking anymore. But just about 30 miles later it AGAIN started to leak... We then re-tightened the intake manifold bolts even a little bit tighter than what the factory...

So today we finally re-did the job. Car is back together, now we let it sit overnight for the RTV to cure and then tomorrow we will see if this time was a success or not. For all the people that think we are to stupid to change a gasket here are a couple pictures what the intake manifold...

Well we noticed it but we assumed the poor fit was normal and tried to make the best out of it. I still don't know if the old manifold is warped or not. But i hopefully will within a couple days... I originally ordered 2 gaskets from 2 different companies but ended up getting 2 similar...

I think we found the problem today. Just take a look at the fitment of this NOS vs. New "Made in the USA" Fel-Pro Gasket: More (Detailed) Pictures: Album — Postimages Not only is the fitment of the new fel-pro gasket really POOR, its also noticeably lighter and thinner. In the next few...

It's in Bavaria: Gunzenhausen - Wikipedia Yeah i'm not complaining. My car also has AC and Cruise Control - both options not available with the 426 Hemi Engine. Both have pros and cons.

Add no power brakes to the list but i like green. Mines green as well but unfortunately it does not have a hemi.