318 LA rebuild after losing a valve seat
Thanks George, I wouldn’t have thought to seal the exhaust manifold threads. In fact, when I swapped the manifolds for headers, I did not seal any threads. Who knows if that contributed to my overheating problems, I literally found about a dozen leaky points as I disassembled the engine.
The cork end gaskets seem to fit very nicely, I think I’ll go with them unless there’s a reason I shouldn’t.
Good to know about priming the engine outside of the car. I used the old distributor to make a priming tool. I think it’ll do the job.
Thanks George, I wouldn’t have thought to seal the exhaust manifold threads. In fact, when I swapped the manifolds for headers, I did not seal any threads. Who knows if that contributed to my overheating problems, I literally found about a dozen leaky points as I disassembled the engine.
The cork end gaskets seem to fit very nicely, I think I’ll go with them unless there’s a reason I shouldn’t.
Good to know about priming the engine outside of the car. I used the old distributor to make a priming tool. I think it’ll do the job.
