Hi all,

I just finished removing the manifold from my 72 250 to replace the manifold gasket. I wish someone had informed me to drain the coolant. What a mess when I pulled one of the manifold bolts.

Ok. I noticed that some of the bolts had something that looked like a castle nut. Some did not and some had a bunch of washers stacked together. I'm guessing that I need to replace the stack o washers with tha castle nuts. Anybody knows how many I need?

Also, one of the bolts, the second from the left, as a stud with a torc-40 bit.

Is that the right piece? If not, where can I get replacement bolts? I'm guessing any local autoparts shop, but would they have the metric bolts?

Thanks

G