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This purely out of curiosity but I noticed my old manifold gaskets had tear aways that were left in place and the new gaskets do not. I see no issues since the manifold does not have corresponding openings anyway. My question is, what is the purpose of having tear away "plugs" that lead to...

I feel pretty good about your assessment also. The issue I'm running in to is my manual (9-2320-289-34) literally has the order of operations as follows. I appreciate your quick response! I guess I don't understand the point of lining up the IP gears for removal. Anyway Thanks.

Fellas, I'm replacing a timing chain and IP simultaneously. Unless I am confused, which is highly likely, I am suppose to line the timing marks on the on the IP driven gear (6 o'clock) and IP drive gear (12 o'clock). Then when removing the timing chain components, align the timing marks AGAIN...

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Great. Thanks for clarification 👍. I'll reach out to you when the time comes for sure. The Spicer calculator is very cool.

Copy. Actually I was able to find a threaded plate to change the block off plate and do exactly what you recommended. The part numer is 14028949 in case someone finds this this old thread again. A pic from another Thread below. Thanks you for following up!

I attempted to do this with a Doorman sensor and guage. However, none of the adapters would fit properly in the dummy light sensor port. What set up did you use to get a proper fit. Currently, my sensor is in the water pump plug port but I'd rather have it on the engine itself.

That's an incredible set up. You basically every question that I have searched for on the issue for months! Thank you. Although I'm not sure I would do a splitter or doubler the transmission info is great! Next for me is new suspension. I'm probably not going to fix/upgrade axles or transmission...

Which transmission did you go with? Very interested in a manual shift. Thanks.

Hey guys, took over a year but I finally got around to everything we talked about. Ended up with a stock water pump and harmonic balancer from O'Reilly. Both went one without much hassle. I did get a cheap puller off Amazon.com for the balancer. I went ahead and changed the hoses on radiator...

Just an update.....Ordered a water pump from Flowkooler on 12/07/21 and have yet to receive it. Customer service is blaming the supply chain issues. I believe them but decided to go a different route and ordered an ACdelco pump off Rockauto.com. I also ordered many of the other parts...

Ill be calling thm for sure. Ill update y'all on what I find out.

I will look into that. She does vibrate a bit.

Definitely will do all of those things. I would much rather replace items while the engine is tore down. Thanks

That's perfect! Thanks