[steve meltzer]

OK, Mr. Lykins (et al) take me through the steps you do to replace the gasket...

1) Clean the day lights out of all three surfaces

2) do you apply the gasket to the heads as a separate step from the rest? I did, and after setting the gasket on the head with rtv, laid the intake manifold down on it to hold it in place X 24 hrs (i'm not in a big hurry...no time crunch)

3) came back some time later, may have been a few days, and put rtv on the intake side of the already applied gasket, put "The Right Stuff" across the front and back...no gasket there.

4) Had a friend to help me carefully set the intake down nice and square, and carefully torqued to about 32 foot-lbs...slowly in probaby 4 rounds of 'cross the intake pattern.

5) Pat myself on the ass for being so ^^&$%()*$@ smart, buttoned it up and then observe the leak from where I f'd up

thanx steve