A new screen for the case of the transducer solenoid. It draws air into the unit this way as needed.
The first paper gasket wasn’t thick enough to hold the solenoid cover firmly in place, One made from 1/8″ cork did the job nicely.
All painted up and ready to be stored for later installation 🙂
On to the exhaust manifold removal. One side came off with no problems. I used the impact wrench as I though it would shock the bolts loose better. My big concern was breaking a bolt off in the head. I really don’t want to remove the heads.
A stud on the other side didn’t want to come off. So I thought I’d cut off the head and then pull the manifold off. Once I did that I found that the stud was loose in the block, but stuck in the manifold.
I had to use two large chisels to get behind the manifold on either side of the stuck stud to force the manifold off. It took quite a bit of work to get it off as the stud was frozen tight onto the manifold.
Once the manifold was off the stud came out nicely. So both manifolds off without breaking any studs!
Good starter solenoid ruined! Starter came off OK, but between one thing and another the main solenoid contact post broke away. Still it’s a good running starter. The starter on the my Chevy is new so I shouldn’t need it, but I’ll clean it, check it out and keep it as a backup.
Next: Onto actual block cleaning.