Dealing With Right Stuff

[BirdMan]

Cheese slicer, if they are still around.

[BOOT]

I have hard enough time sometimes with ultra black, can't imagine right stuff on an intake. Push bolt is a good idea gonna give that a try.

[Cogburn]

I use clear rtv. I have had clear silicone filling over a quarter inch gap on sprint car engines with raised runner heads with no problems. I use a razor blade and slice the silicone when I want to remove the manifold.

The right stuff is necessary due to vacuum or something? You don't even need bolts after gluing it together with that. Ultra black is pretty tough also.

[Orr89rocz]

I once used rightstuff for entire intake manifold gasket set. On the heads and china walls. Literally can hold engine up just with that rtv and no bolts in the manifold haha i love it

[Dave Koehler]

I once used rightstuff for entire intake manifold gasket set. On the heads and china walls. Literally can hold engine up just with that rtv and no bolts in the manifold haha i love it

But Wait, there's more!

[leahymtsps]

Exactly! At the front we preferred not to pull the distributor thus limiting ourselves re access to the china wall and at the rear the engine is right up against the firewall, doing the same.

I figured the small diameter (~ 0.030"?) of the picture hanger wire would act as a sharper knife, but IDK about guitar string diameters.

BTW, we were chasing a misfire on cyls. 1 & 2.(front two, right bank for the Ford-challenged) The engine is a sealed dry sump unit so we screwed a hose fitting into the thread for the vacuum break and blew into it. Presto: air puffing up through the carb! The thick intake gasket had crushed enough over time and re-torques for the manifold to bottom out on the china wall, creating big leaks from the valley.

Not familiar with picture hanger wire but what about (.024) safety wire ? Seems like everyone has or should have a roll of it hanging around.

Tom

[MadBill]

Yes, should be perfect. My saftely wire is a chubby 0.035".

[jacksoni]

Go to your local assassins store and get a wire garrote, wooden handles and fine wire all set......