thanks guys for all your help i will do the grease thing and the rag thing and the magnet thing and u get the point but thanks for giving me some help cause at another forem they just told me to forget about it. Yea Joe your right. id probably have to buy a new custom head if i wanted something detachable. Besides doing something unique is cool and shows off some skill.

Today i got rid of my EGR valve system (it looks a lot roomier in the engine compartment now) and replaced it with a custom made (by me) plywood block which i shaped and all that to work. Used that high heat red silicon stuff for sealer. Heard somewhere that plywood actually lasts quite a while for this so i did it untill i get my custom head done up (which wont be for awhile)
thanks again guys.

Dave


got my 78 merc with a 250 I6 and i love it.