Armand, When installing a valley pan gasket, you need to put RTV sealant (typically comes with gasket)around all the water jackets and at the corners front and back where the rubber end pieces meet the tin. It is best to make sure the corner detent holes are pushed into the head to align the gasket as well as pushing the middle area of the pan down so that the edges pop under the lip of the head. Best to let the sealant cure for a day before starting up the engine so that you don't blow it out of the corners. Felpro makes the valley pan gasket and Mr. Gasket makes a paper style. I have both in stock for anyone who needs them as well as entire gaskets sets. Thanks, Nick Alfano Alfano Performance Kenosha, WI. 53142 262-308-1302 262-942-8271 after 6pm Central and weekends Message: 7 Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:20:22 -0500 From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [AMC-List] Intake manifolds To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <002e01c6e80b$ab08c200$6601a8c0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Lately there was some discussion regarding intake manifold gaskets and how to install them. I really thought it was great that we got some guys to respond to it. I haven't put an intake on an AMC engine in maybe 27 or 28 years, and I had completely forgotten about the features of the metal gasket. Can anyon eexpand on this and tell us where sealant is needed and where sealant should not be used?? How about the best source for this metal gasket?? Anyone have a good supplier for it?? Thanks, Armand _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com