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Here you can see where I drilled through the top of the studs:
The Fel-Pro gasket set supposedly had the correct gasket; however, the closest I could find that might work was the one on the left in this picture:
Here I've cleaned up the connecting plate, seen with the exhaust pipe flange that connects to the manifold:
It is extremely easy to reinstall the starter if you can do it without the exhaust manifold in the way:
There were some small pieces of heater hose that had to be replaced. These were attached to the pipe above the manifold. To tell you the truth, I have no idea what this does, but it has a one-way valve in it, and is related to the carburation. I'd guess that heated air goes into the carburetor or something, but I really don't know. If the hose is disconnected, the engine runs horribly, so replacing these cracked hoses should help. Also, after 40 years, the passages through the hoses were pretty constricted, so do replace these:
I ended up just using some permatex ultra copper, lots of it, between the flange and the manifold. The Fel-Pro piece just didn't stay put correctly.
I heard from a gasket supplier, who talked to his manufacturer, who talked to a Rambler specialist, that metal on metal is better here. The gasket caused more problems then it solved. So, I'll just leave the permatex.
No exhaust leaks out here, as it did with the cracked manifold, so I'm doing better. Notice that I need to replace the choke sensor tube as well:
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