changing lower intake gaskets

[mustangrfast88]

what all is involved with changing the lower intake gaskets and what all do i need

[dedpedal]

are you speaking of the upper to lower or lower to heads?

[mustangrfast88]

the lower to the heads

[dedpedal]

Its pretyy straight forward. Just take pictures of where everything goes or grab a manual. The only trick I can think of is to use rtv on the valley gasket area instead of the cork things that come with the replacement gaskets. P is for plenty.
Im sure theres someone around you that would come over and help if you think you need it.

[Jeff88coupe]

Yep...just use a nice thick bead of black rtv on the front and back of the intake valley. Also work threw the torque sequence on the lower a few times when you put it back on (~15ft/lb is all you need..work middle out in a X pattern).

[mustangrfast88]

yeah i got a buddy that is going to help me tonight so it will be ready for powerfest then after i get it all done and put together i got to go detail it

[95vertstang]

make sure not to move the gaskets while setting it in try to come straight down with it i slid it around while setting it in place and now i have a little bit of an oil leak so i get to do it again

[mustangrfast88]

does the distributor have to come out to do the gaskets it dont look like that bad of job i just got to get around to doing it

[mustangrfast88]

yeah i didnt get it done the night before powerfest we just cleaned the engine up and all to make sure it wasnt leaking and it didnt but it needs to be done but i am waiting for a ported and polished intake before i do the job

[mustangrfast88]

not to bad of a job i mean it took 6 hours to do since the motor was so sludged up and took 3 hours to clean all the parts

[5.0calypso93lx]

not to bad of a job i mean it took 6 hours to do since the motor was so sludged up and took 3 hours to clean all the parts

Yea, its not that bad. When I do it by myself, I have 4 long bolts that I cut the heads off of, and thread them into the block at the four corners, and that allows me to set the intake straight down, so I don't move the gaskets. I made sure they were long so I had something to grab onto when I pull them out, and replace them with the proper bolts. I always dab a little bit of RTV on the gaskets too, so they stay in place, and don't move and block a port. I've always used the orange hi-temp RTV.

[plated]

Yea, its not that bad. When I do it by myself, I have 4 long bolts that I cut the heads off of, and thread them into the block at the four corners, and that allows me to set the intake straight down, so I don't move the gaskets. I made sure they were long so I had something to grab onto when I pull them out, and replace them with the proper bolts. I always dab a little bit of RTV on the gaskets too, so they stay in place, and don't move and block a port. I've always used the orange hi-temp RTV.

good idea young grasshopper:cool1: