Wildman's TJ is getting a face lift

I'll mix some up and paint it on with the small brushes I have. I have it in a few different colors too.

You don't happen to have any poster board paper laying around do you?

If so It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to cut and stack some pieces together that are close to the thickness of your gasket so the intake doesn't sit all the way down on the china walls. Or if your old gasket is still flat and not all torn up toss it on there???

Just trying to figure out the best way to mimic the completely assembled condition... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
You don't happen to have any poster board paper laying around do you?

If so It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to cut and stack some pieces together that are close to the thickness of your gasket so the intake doesn't sit all the way down on the china walls. Or if your old gasket is still flat and not all torn up toss it on there???

Just trying to figure out the best way to mimic the completely assembled condition... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Nope just put them in the garbage can & they were in pretty sad shape. I MIGHT have a set of the flat intake gasket that are new still but will have to look. I use to have a set from a kit that were a off-brand so I didn't use them.

I was just thinking about it and the bluing compound may not be thick enough which is why Mike was suggesting grease & I'd thought of clay. I'll have to look tomorrow.
 
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Nope just put them in the garbage can & they were in pretty sad shape. I MIGHT have a set of the flat intake gasket that are new still but will have to look. I use to have a set from a kit that were a off-brand so I didn't use them.

I was just thinking about it and the bluing compound may not be thick enough which is why Mike was suggesting grease & I'd thought of clay. I'll have to look tomorrow.

That's why I was thinking about mimicking the gasket as long as it can stay perfectly flat to the head. Then you would see where it's contacting and where it's not. If you put it on too thick then it might hide inconsistencies that could be causing your leak.
 
When my guys were spotting in molds, to make sure the parting line was coming together, they used something the consistency of anti seize and then they would place a single ply of two ply TP in there. That got them close. The final fit was always just spotting compound, but we were also holding molds closed with a minimum of 85 tons
 
I've had the Green Apple Quick Step the past 2 days so haven't been out to the garage. Today I decided I'd bring my seats inside and get the heaters installed.
Pulled the seat covers off and stuck the heating pads to the foam.

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Ran the wires out the side of the seat.

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Got both seats done so I'll take them back out to the garage in the morning.


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Even remembered to route them out opposite sides


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Was able to get a few hours in the garage today but whatever this bug is that I've got it won't let go.

Cleaned up engine valley.

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Smeared up engine valley with bearing grease and then set the intake in place using the 4 bolts I'd cut off as guides. Tapped it down with a rubber mallet.

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Intake picked up the grease and it would appear that I don't have any sealing issues I can see.


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I did mange to drag the intake across the front so it scraped off a little of the grease.

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The engine valley.

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And then came the FUN of cleaning it all back up.
 
Was able to get a few hours in the garage today but whatever this bug is that I've got it won't let go.

Cleaned up engine valley.

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Smeared up engine valley with bearing grease and then set the intake in place using the 4 bolts I'd cut off as guides. Tapped it down with a rubber mallet.

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Intake picked up the grease and it would appear that I don't have any sealing issues I can see.


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I did mange to drag the intake across the front so it scraped off a little of the grease.

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The engine valley.

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And then came the FUN of cleaning it all back up.

I don't envy cleaning that up... I think the bluing compound might have been a better choice... 😵‍💫
 
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I don't envy cleaning that up... I think the buing compound might have been a better choice... 😵‍💫

I got it all cleaned up. Tomorrow I'll try installing the new gaskets and see what happens. Using the studs sure helped to make sure it went on square.
 
And did you put the intake on with rags still in the intake ports? (Nevermind. I sorta get what your doing 😬 )

Wasn't my build, but was present for a startup with red rags that ruined a day :D
 
I'm open to any and all suggestions from you gearheads in helping this intake seal correctly this time around.

Did you ever find out if they did any mill working on the heads when they rebuilt them?
It does kind of look like there's some tooling on the intake surface of both heads.
Makes me wonder if it's not just enough to misalign the surfaces when you torque the bolts down???

IIRC when you measured how thick the gaskets were, one was a bit thicker than the others.
Standard thickness looks to be around 0.062... Can't remember what your new gasket miched out to....

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Here's a couple that are pretty much double that thickness...
0.125"
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cgt-c5624-125/make/dodge
0.120"
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/fog-8057-2/make/dodge


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Did you ever find out if they did any mill working on the heads when they rebuilt them?
It does kind of look like there's some tooling on the intake surface of both heads.
Makes me wonder if it's not just enough to misalign the surfaces when you torque the bolts down???

No head work & the block wasn't decked. All they did to the heads was check the valve springs & if they would work with the amount of lift I was was planning on running.

IIRC when you measured how thick the gaskets were, one was a bit thicker than the others.
Standard thickness looks to be around 0.060... Can't remember what your new gasket miched out to....

Here's a couple that are pretty much double that thickness...
0.125"
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cgt-c5624-125/make/dodge
0.120"
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/fog-8057-2/make/dodge
Wrong years. They are both for the LA series engines.

Year
Need for the Magnum block/intake which has a different bolt pattern. These are the only gaskets listed for the magnum block.

https://www.summitracing.com/search...d-gaskets/year/2000/make/dodge/model/ram-1500
 
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No head work & the block wasn't decked. All they did to the heads was check the valve springs & if they would work with the amount of lift I was was planning on running.


Wrong years. They are both for the LA series engines.

Year
Need for the Magnum block/intake which has a different bolt pattern. These are the only gaskets listed for the magnum block.

https://www.summitracing.com/search...d-gaskets/year/2000/make/dodge/model/ram-1500
Well DAMN!!! :confused:

So you need for the 2000 model year?
 
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Where is it not sealing exactly? That's a lot of grease. Have never seen that method :D

Go back and read a few pages.

And did you put the intake on with rags still in the intake ports? (Nevermind. I sorta get what your doing 😬 )

Wasn't my build, but was present for a startup with red rags that ruined a day :D

I'd thought I'd leave the rags there for extra filtering.