1975 440 Exhaust gaskets.. Where to buy?

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Re: 1975 440 Exhaust gaskets.. Where to buy?

Unread post by diskman » Mon Feb 22, 2016 11:33 pm

We had a nice winter "thaw" last weekend! Being consumed with Spring Fever, I dug the old girl out from her slumber. Wife is NOT pleased with the large ruts in the yard by the garage. Ground was thawing. Could have been waaaaay worse but I got the 270 into the driveway..\n\nI pulled the right header off and disconnected it at the collector. I noticed something...\n\nIt helps if you remove ALL of the old cruddy exhaust gasket material......\n\nIn my haste last fall, I didn't scrape the header flanges clean. This time, I pulled the header into the garage and hit it with a 3M pad on the drill. MMmmmmm shiney..\n\nSame treatment on the head surface too. Shiney....\n\nApplied a nice bead of red RTV for the hell of it and buttoned it up. Busted a spark plug so had to wait till Sunday to test. \n\nIt is AWESOME now. No more tick! Took the old lady for a 30 mile jaunt around the town in the interstate. \n\nBonus Video..\nHOW can I embed YouTube vids??\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtyN6bPlM9Y\n\nOrdered a TON of new brake hardware as my rears are leaking again.. Sigh.. Wheel cylinders are down to $14.00 at NAPA so I stocked up. lol.. Maybe next weekend..

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Re: 1975 440 Exhaust gaskets.. Where to buy?

Unread post by Acesneights » Tue Feb 23, 2016 6:02 pm

Just a reminder, This is NOT a vendor supported forum so please feel free to post links to any Travco specific parts sources.. :mrgreen:
1977 Travco 270 Elite\n1974 Travco 220 Parts unit

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Re: 1975 440 Exhaust gaskets.. Where to buy?

Unread post by diskman » Tue Feb 23, 2016 6:14 pm

Acesneights wrote:Just a reminder, This is NOT a vendor supported forum so please feel free to post links to any Travco specific parts sources.. :mrgreen:
\n\n\nAll my brake parts were ordered via links from http://dave78chieftain.com/M500_73-75-R ... l.\n\nEbay, NAPA and Amazon.com.

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