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Old 06-28-2011 | 11:37 PM
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Well I swapped transmissions out of my car and had to undo the passenger side header to do so. Have the day off tomorrow and want to finish it tomorrow. Only thing holding me back is the header gaskets does any part store sell a decent gasket. I know Discount Auto holds a lot of Felpro stuff but I have also heard horror stories with part store parts.

Thanks for the input car should be back together for round 2 tomorrow lol
Old 06-28-2011 | 11:51 PM
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You can't go wrong with the Felpro 1406.
Old 06-28-2011 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by lt1-xjs
You can't go wrong with the Felpro 1406.
Could not have said it any better.
Old 06-29-2011 | 06:39 AM
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X3 - I've gone down the road with Percys as well in the past and have come back to the Felpros as they sealed better.
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Unless the gasket is blown out I would reuse it.
Old 06-29-2011 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by SS RRR
Unless the gasket is blown out I would reuse it.
Ive just always heard bad things about reusing gaskets and its not blown out seeing as its been on the car for maybe an hour of run time......this damn rain keeps pushing everything back im a (Header, Driveshift, Torque arm away from getting this thing back together and hopefully it having a good tranny)
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Any gasket that is used that is not external or repels oil then I agree. For an external gasket that is easy to replace is far less of an issue IMO.
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Gotcha well would have been done today but due to rain.......sunday it is.....
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I also use the 1406's, haven't had an issue with them yet, and re-used them after my cam swap.
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Originally Posted by Bowtie4life
I also use the 1406's, haven't had an issue with them yet, and re-used them after my cam swap.
sounds like what im going to do they are the 1406's so pray for the rain to stop and load this tune up and go from there!!




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