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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction
Pulling the manifold is the correct way to do the job to ensure no metal is introduced into the engine/exhaust and the hole is drilled/tapped straight.
Its very simple...there is a right way and wrong way to do a job.
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Pretty much what I thought - you can't explain or give any technical reasons why it isn't an acceptable method - it just isn't the "right" way to do it. Just like any timing method OTHER than the FSM "drip" method.
How good the results are doesn't matter, or how much time/effort can be saved (even if it reduces the time & effort to half or less - as would be in this case), it just "isn't right".
With that kind of thinking then NONE of the alternative repair methods that innovative people around here have come up with are acceptable. Things like pool noodle seat repairs, odo repairs using loctite, etc. would all be unacceptable because they aren't written down in an official manual somewhere.
Sure glad you're in such a minority around here.
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