What did you get done? Thanksgiving edition 11/25

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I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Thanksgiving. Since most of you had a long weekend, I will assume once the overeating of turkey was done you might have actually worked on your truck.


I let my crew off so they could go try to shoot Bambi's Daddy, and take advantage of some of the Black Friday specials. Meanwhile I worked, and tried to chase down some rather elusive 3" donut gaskets.

I thought I had them located when my bro-in-law called Excel Parts and they said they had a set. I went to will call to pick them up only to find they actually had 2.5" not 3". CRAP!

I was headed to a muffler shop to see if they might have some when I stopped at a "real" autoparts. You know the old fashioned kind where they know what a part is without looking it up. And when you tell them it fits a 63 Corvette with a fuel injected 327, they don't peck at their computer then ask "2wd or 4wd".

Anyway, I went to install them today and that was great fun. When I pulled the old ones almost all of the studs backed out of the manifold. The only way to get them back in was to drop the Y-pipe put all the studs in place, then hang the y-pipe again. Sounds pretty simple huh. Trust me, it's not.

The disadvantage of running 3" Ramhorn manifolds is they are a "really" tight fit. I thought I was going to have to pull the freakin motor, but I finally got all of the studs snugged down....

What did you get done?