Why can't the covers be set in just RTV without the gaskets?
Can't get any firmer then that.
The Boss 302 gaskets would always develope leaks and the way I fixed that was to get rid of the gaskets and RTV them, in Blue, close enough to Ford Blue.
RTV on the aluminum washer insert too. Should do it.
Kelly, you have to see the crap I have run across as far as poor installation. It just takes one idiot with an impact wrench and whamo.
Trust me, you can break them, and no, it wasn't me with the impact wrench. That person is listed as missing and I know the body will never be found.
The set I had was as out of the box, black wrinkle.
The crack about the covers polishing like crap is from Mr. Chromed Nuts himself, Gary Hall. You had to hear him moan about them? Trust me.
I do not presume that all the castings were made the same way either, as far as materials.
I never welded on them, so I can't confirm or deny that.
I can say, don't loose the acorn nuts or the studs. Those you will have to buy another complete set to get a replacement.