Hey, thanks sami1. You anticipated my next round of questions really well! I had watched some youtube videos before committing to giving this a go but it is good to know that I shouldn't pack it too tight. I was wondering about that. On the videos they strapped the packing in masking tape to help it fit into the canister but the original Tyga packing I took out either didn't do that or it has totally burned off over time. I have some high temp silicon gasket sealant on order as the opened one I had of course is completely dried out. Good tip to also put some on the flange that connects to the expansion pipe. The original gasket there is in really bad shape - probably better off getting rid of the remnants and just using the sealant - I should have thought of that but I tend to be pretty rote in this area due to lack of experience. Anyway, first up is getting the cores cleaned up! Thanks again.
-Jim
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-Jim
'93 MC21