Ok so I replaced my thermostat, when the neck was off I noticed it was pretty corroded where the hose attaches. OK go to autozone pickup a new neck for like 8 bux, it has the sensor hole so I grab a new sending unit and hook the stock temp guage up to it just so it works again(I have a autometer on the pillar). Well I get the permadry gasket throw it together and it seeps after I put it all together. So I take it out, get a regular paper gasket, use some gasket maker throw it together(even let it sit to set) same thing. So now I tear it down again, get the permadry back out throw some gasket maker on it even, same thing. Anyone got any ideas? Its driving me nuts... :rant:
Small leak driving me nuts!!
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Don W.
Stab it and steer it
Re: Small leak driving me nuts!!
Well the obvious, make sure manifold and new neck are clean, smooth and flat. You can check the necks "flatness" by drawing it across a 4X4 with some fine sandpaper on it. Make sure the t-stat is sitting in its little recess. Check that the new neck doesn't have a flaw in it somewhere. If you don't have a gasket scraper an old, sharpened, wood chisel works well. Make sure the bolts aren't bottoming out before they clamp on the new neck. (It might be thinner?) Maybe it's the hose? Are you POSITIVE it's the gasket? I would not have put the temp sensor in the neck but that's just me. All I got for now.
Well the obvious, make sure manifold and new neck are clean, smooth and flat. You can check the necks "flatness" by drawing it across a 4X4 with some fine sandpaper on it. Make sure the t-stat is sitting in its little recess. Check that the new neck doesn't have a flaw in it somewhere. If you don't have a gasket scraper an old, sharpened, wood chisel works well. Make sure the bolts aren't bottoming out before they clamp on the new neck. (It might be thinner?) Maybe it's the hose? Are you POSITIVE it's the gasket? I would not have put the temp sensor in the neck but that's just me. All I got for now.
It's just a six
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Re: Small leak driving me nuts!!
Did you get one of those chrome housings?
if so scrape that, or @ least sand off the chrome on the matting surface & make sure it's flat.
shook0002 said:
Did you get one of those chrome housings?
if so scrape that, or @ least sand off the chrome on the matting surface & make sure it's flat.
Re: Small leak driving me nuts!!
I got a stock cast replacement neck, its actually a lot heavier then the original one. I forgot about the right stuff-that stuff kicks ass. Its def. not the hose or the sender its coming from between the intake and neck. I'm gonna play with it again this weekend, along with my new finned aluminum pan, and trick flow aluminum rear end cover. Just gotta hide the credit card bill from the wifey--LOL.
I got a stock cast replacement neck, its actually a lot heavier then the original one. I forgot about the right stuff-that stuff kicks ass. Its def. not the hose or the sender its coming from between the intake and neck. I'm gonna play with it again this weekend, along with my new finned aluminum pan, and trick flow aluminum rear end cover. Just gotta hide the credit card bill from the wifey--LOL.