Well, It's taken a day to even think about the car again. Sunday night
SRL311-00652 nearly sank to the bottom of the Columbia river as my disgust
with the car hit an all time high. We were supposed to be running by the
end of the day, but it was the usual three steps back process....
The brakes didn't bleed all the way. No leaks, but the pedal is dropping
farther than it should. I have air somewhere, and I can't find it. Moving
to a pressure bleeder to fix that one.
The motor turned over fine, so the final step was the upper radiator hose,
and a coolant fill, and we were ready to see what we've got. As we were
gabbing, and filling, suddenly I heard the sound of water running. As this
is not a sound I'm used to in the garage, I quickly seeked out it's source,
which was the intake manifold up front. (visions of a warp in the side of
the head raced through my mind)....
After talking to Jeff S. in Vancouver, and doing a few little tests
(loosening the upper manifold bolts), it appears to be a simple problem of
the thickness of the exhaust manifold being almost a 1/16" thicker that the
intake.
I was going to just make some washers that were thicker on one side than the
other, but I can't see how this was done at the factory. Why wouldn't it
have leaked then, if it's a stock Exhaust and intake manifold?
Also, the real challenge is getting my hands up behind the manifold to get
to the nuts....
Paul Strassmaier
67 2000
PS: Feeling better now that I know I can fix the problem.....
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