Don't use anything on the plenum gasket. Just cut, washer, or replace with shorter bolts. Use the loctite as has been said earlier, and torque them a few times.

 

sound good, thank you! now for the head gaskets... i have till thursday to figure out which side goes up. thats when the new heads will be here...

 

Mmmmm, 12 inch pounds = 1 foot pound, therefore 72 inch pounds = 6 foot pounds (72/12=6).

 

Can you add what motor you have to your sig please????????????


I'm doing all kinds of research for you, and would like that info. I as far as I can tell, that gasket set you have is old. There is a new part # with better gaskets.

 

its a 96 360... vwanddodge asked me to edit some things the other day and every time i try i get an error message and it brings me to the first page of the dodge forum?

i got the gasket set from oreilly's and it was the number on their website. it didnt give me any options for other sets so i just got it.

 

The # for the set is right. But IIRC , depending on how long it was sitting on the shelf, I think the newer sets have upgraded gaskets in them. I could be wrong.

EDIT

OK, is there a part # on the head gasket itself? What is it? (you can upgrade the head gaskets that come in the kit, by getting them separate) Not that ,that matters. But, just to clear up all the "which way does the gasket get installed" questions.(no matter whats it for) I just got off the phone with Federal-Mogal. As far as the head gaskets go, the coating you see on one side is a production thing, and nothing more(both sides are coated with teflon). As far as any other gaskets go, whether they be intake,exhaust or any others, unless it says on it "this side up", it does NOT matter which side you put it on.

 

I can find the gasket kits for sale...... however, what I cannot find, is any info on installation procedures.

If I had to hazard a guess, it would be the 'coating' on one side of the gasket is to protect aluminum heads from metal to metal contact??

 

Look up at my edit.. Sorry took so long, Federal Mogal is not easy to talk to a tech.

 

thank you for the informative replies! i hope to have this all under control and put back together by next weekend. thanks again!

 

Most head gaskets for this truck are not left/right specific, meaning it doesn't matter which side up. That what I was getting at.