Also -- I saw in a manual somewhere that you should not remove the rubber "bridge" tube between the rails. I know some have posted about cleaning their rails and maybe they took it off to clean, but I played it safe and left it intact.

Anyone else know about this part?

Thanks,
Lee

 

Ive got the plastic one and a metal double ended tool for the fuel lines. Sometimes those plastic ones are not the best for releasing the lines.

Thanks yeah, Ive really been getting addicted to my spray gun. For my 408 buildup I painted, M1, block, water outlet above stat, timing cover, water pump, a/c alt bracket, pwr steering bracket, alt/m1 bracket, ac/m1 bracket, repainted coil bracket, motor mounts, headers, steering box, frame rails from cab forward, as well as spindles and repainted calipers. Looking to get Eastwoods powdercoating kit. I still have a few more brackets to make & probably pwdr coat them plus the 5 Ive made so far. Plan to get a bit creative on some of my Procharger pieces to compliment the polished blower.

This is what it looked like 2 months ago.

 

I would spray the inside of the rails with compressed air but dont seperate them.

 

Ya, I took alook at that line between the rails when mine was out and it didn't look like something you want to start monkeying around with.

 

all set. took the intake off and replaced the plenum without removing the injectors. I got that plastic thing and it popped off in a second.

when i took off the intake though some debris fell into the valley i put some rags in there when i took it off but the initial removal is where it happened. i vacuumed it out and cleaned it with some rags but im nervous about leaving stuff in there. also... when i was scraping the gaskets i think some stuff went into the heads. i vacuumed it out like the manual says. Is this ok? should i just run it a little and then change the oil? what do you think?

 

If you have a compressor could just blow out the head (cover valley/other head with rags/towl) Should be ok to run it to operating temps then dump the oil and filter

 

sweet, thanks. there wasnt a lot that got past me but it makes me nervous anyway