Yup. Dipstick already rusted in half. Have a new one. Getting the old one out of the block as muck of a pita as the studs. Haven't gotten it out yet but was spending most time on studs.

Check manifold on plane. One perfect one a touch off maybe a hair width. Was hoping the. Rimflex gaskets would be good without spending another $ 75 to have them planed.

When are the headers being delivered?

Yup. Stainless and anti seize.

No headers. Keeping the budget on the down low on this one.

I feel lucky that mine were straight, then again i started the process w/only 4 broken studs total

Passenger side done. 👍🏼

Now have have to get the dipstick tube out. The. Can I can install driver manifold.

Looks great. Lots of work! I will be knocking mine out soon but I’m cheating by removing the motor.

With the amount of hours I have in this it would have been easier to remove motor from the start. Toward the end it became personal. The crusty pig was not going to defeat me. Pulling the motor would have been surrendering to my warped mind.

Now the sipstick tube is kicking my ***. 😡

Well I’m about to replace heads, reseal front, rear cover and bedplate so I might as well pull these exhaust manifolds off and ceramic coat them while my front cover and turbo cover are being powdercoated. She’s going to be pretty and a lot more work. I’ve had quite a bit of wrench time on her already but this will be the true test.

Well damn. Got it out. Need to go buy lotto ticket.