After numerous times trying to seat them and making sure it was proper.
They were not allowing the manifold to get close enough.
IDK how it just was. The header and manifold were not originally together.
Maybe it was machined down.
Rings don`t need to be there. It is aligned.


~ BD.
"You won't find me in an old folks home" Pioneer Florida Cracker
1958 Apache Stepside
1958 Apache 1/2 ton Panel
1959 Apache 1/2 ton Panel