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Originally Posted by geezer#99

I would but I’ve been wrenching for 50 years.
I’d suggest you pull it.
That way you’re sure nothing snuck in.
New Gaskets are cheap Insurance.

Ill pull it, but I just put on that expensive gasket set last month and never fired this engine up. At this rate I wonder if I ever will.

Post 20 and 21 in that thread shows what I did. I was hoping top remove the rtv and reuse the gaskets.

https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=811362

Originally Posted by truckster

I'm not sure if you got an answer to your question about other bolts on the manifold. Use stainless steel with aluminum anti-seize. This is the one I use:

https://www.permatex.com/products/lu.../?locale=en_us

Thanks Truckster, Ive got the stuff just need stainless bolts then.