You need true "donut" washers. A stack of regular washers won't cut it.
They'll bend and your manifold will leak. Get the right ones!
Been there, done that
Alex
At 04:54 PM 10/29/01 -0800, Mical Davis wrote:
>Hi group,
>
>I am putting my manifold assembly together after
>replacing the manifold gasket and all of the coolant
>hoses and am missing a couple of the thick washers
>that go on the bolt that connects the manifold to the
>head. I though I would simply be able to call an
>autoparts store or run down to the local garage and
>find such a washer, but no luck. I also went to the
>nearest junk yard and he indicated that he didn't have
>anything like it either. I'll probably try to find a
>import speciality junkyard tomorrow, but wanted to
>querry the list for other possiblities. Anyone on the
>list have a couple of washers they would part with?
>
>The problem is that the washers are very thick, thus a
>bit hard to find. And no, I don't want to put a
>couple of standard washers together. Not the kind of
>restoration I want.
>
>Thanks for the input!
>
>Mical
>
>69 1600
>St. Louis
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