Well, I finally fired the old girl up today after one heck of a fight. '54 engine in a '56 truck. Had to adapt the fan to get it closer, etc. New valve job on head and everything appeared to be square (head, manifold) but I have a terrible exhaust leak toward the front of the engine, so it looks like the manifold has to come back off. My question is on the sequence of the tightening of the manifold. My service manual says see fig 81, well 81 is the intake for a sbc..I have a 235 6-cylinder. When I put it together, I went from center to outside on an alternating pattern.Is this right?..If NOT...I need to know correct pattern and torque specs...TIA...I'm not real happy right now !
Last edited by TerryTucker; 06/01/2013 6:34 PM.
