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mack i hope you are satisfied now you have most every one converted to pb and mmo i usually take the heat riser shafts and replace with stainless seem to work you still have to move the shaft and give it a little pbb every now and then nothing is going to be perfect .if you clean it out and get it real free it leaks if it is tight it expands and binds up and usally does not move after that we will discuss this more in a few weeks when i see you eye to eye pushrod

That is right Push, after all that is why God gave you hands to work with and eyes to see what needs to be done, them old cars don't seem to have auto-pilot, or cruize control or a self maintenance program built in. It makes them more fun that way, Hand me that 2# hammer and I will fix something!

P.S. I will have a couple of new tires to mount, My trailer or yours?

Maybe we better do it in your trailer, since you have that handy-dandy 12 volt air compressor!

mack i went by the chippers low and behold there he was with a can of pb blaster i did not say anything got back in the truck off to walmart got three cans back home did not have any chevy parts to free up so i put it on my hands and they freed right up used to use wd 40 never again its pb for me push

Gentlemen--I think I've FINALLY got it right --replaced all the gaskets and freed up the heat riser , hooked everything up and it runs with no exhaust leaks dosen't sound like a russian tank at stalingrad but as a real honest to God Chevy 6 yahoooooo!!!! I want to thank every one who helped me . Oh, by the way ---that blaster stuff REALLY SMOKES when I started it up !!but it's great stuff !!!

Chevmandog, glad to here you had success on your blow-by exhaust manifold and are driving a nice quiet Chevrolet!


Push, I think Kathy had to use some PB Blaster and a three jaw puller to get Chipper's Bugeler-boy hat off after he got to play with the Chick'n-Picki'n band up there in Kansas