[Spridgets] Now it starts

[Linda Grunthaner]

Congratulations good work.
Lin

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net>wrote:

> And runs well.
> Turned out to be the header was keeping the bottom of the intake from
> sealing.
> In pulling it off to check to see if I pulled out all the paper towels
> keeping dirt out of the engine...
> I knew I pulled them out but did I forget one?
> Turns out, no, I didn't leave any towels in the holes. But Brian noticed
> that there was a paint mark on one hole of the gasket but not the other.
> Turns out the intake was rocking on the center header pipe, not so much the
> intake but the heat shield.
> Some strategic blows with a BFH fixed it right up. It ran long enough to
> set the carbs, now it runs well.
> I knew it was acting like a major intake leak but the nuts were tight, the
> manifold was not damaged, who would have thunk it?
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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