[AT] JD 60 manifold gasket

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In a message dated 4/30/2006 8:07:54 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
ken.knierim at gmail.com writes:
I got that manifold hot  enough that it burned through... is that
hot enough for you??? On that set of  headers ('79 Camaro) I ran it on
the lean side (19 MPG highway, 350 chevy,  65+ MPH) and had put one of
the fiberglass "patches" around it next to #6  spark plug to prevent
burning the boot off the plug and shorting out the plug  wire. It
burned through at the boot because the heat couldn't get out of  the
header tube and we ended up cutting away and welding in a new piece  of
tube, radiused differently to clear the spark  plug.
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Fiberglass  repair on exhaust manifolds OK I quit you guys have got to be the 
best mechanics  that I ever ran into.  I am just glad you never worked on any 
of my  stuff.

Walt Davies
Cooper Hollow Farm
Monmouth, OR 97361
503  623-0460