You can do it that way if every thing is clean & in good shape. Usually you have to get it on the bench to scrape the surfaces. A thin coat of copper RTV on each side of the gasket helps fill any small imperfections. If it is leaking between the manifolds you will need to separate them. This leads to all sorts of problems like broken studs & such. If you are going to take the pipe off the ex. manifold its best to heat the nuts to a cherry red first.


They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing.
1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne Super
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