Good news on tearing down the Dart motor!.

I figured I had a cracked exhaust. Nope! The steel factory shim gasket was burned out on #2 and #3. I saw some weird rust on the head. Kind of like 1/4 panel bubbles

Turns out the manifold isn't cracked! A previous owner tried to weld the head to the manifold. I chipped the bird turd beads off with a chisel and ground it flat.

I was proud of myself getting the manifolds off without breaking any studs

Now to seperate the bolts holding the manifolds together without breaking them!

Gotta check into the OZ gaskets..............

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'72 Duster 198 stock cam, 3:23's

93 D350 Cummins THD Maxfuel 35mpg parts to hit 400hp+ Suncoast Cat2 A518, converter DDP Stage III injectors 62/64 HX35, 3 piece manifold, 4" Diamond Eye, Gear Venders OD. Stage I street/tow PDD head on order.

wow, thats one way to seal it i guess!

It didn't work..........

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'72 Duster 198 stock cam, 3:23's

93 D350 Cummins THD Maxfuel 35mpg parts to hit 400hp+ Suncoast Cat2 A518, converter DDP Stage III injectors 62/64 HX35, 3 piece manifold, 4" Diamond Eye, Gear Venders OD. Stage I street/tow PDD head on order.

ok, one BAD way to seal it lol...