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Nice pictures, Art. The gasket I took off had repositioned itself. It looks like 1/2 the thickness of the gasket had slid on the other half about a quarter inch. The side in contact with the head had shifted. All four holes had shifted about 1/4 inch toward the center, but only the layer of paper in contact with the head. The outer 1/2 of the gasket's thickness had stayed put where I left it about 6000 miles ago. All four intake holes in the head were effectively smaller, plus it leaked vacuum at #4. This time I learned the torque specs (15 lbs) and followed them with a good torque wrench on the six nuts I could reach with it, and by feel on the other two. This is noticeably tighter than the last two times when I did it just by feel. Also, I used a Volvo gasket this time. Last time I order an Elring, but the one I received had no name on it, and I think it might have been a generic who-knows-who-made-this gasket.
Can a K-Jet with good compression idly smoothly without the engine and shifter shaking? I'm not there yet, although the new gasket helped quite a bit.
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Thanks everyone for the advice. 81 242 Brick Off Blocks, Turbo bars and wheels, B21F, M46; 86 244, B230, 148k , auto.
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