In my case also. That and a cold weather weeping head were my motivations.

The exhaust studs/bolts are really rotten on my engine, I serious doubt I could get new pipes on with engine in car with less effort than it is going to take by dropping engine and swapping heads. 

I am really excited about having a leak free exh system. I'll post pics showing the old pipes and the cobbled repairs I did to them to get me to this point.

cheers

alistair

On 2013-05-22, at 8:29 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> In my case that would be a new exhaust system!
> 
> Stuart
> Tired '85 Westy, hoping for one more year too.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Thank you so much Alistair!  You say 'quick and dirty' - but that looks
> pretty clean to me.
> 
> I am still looking with fear at my van and have not yet had the guts to pull
> the heads off.  I'm going to order a gasket set sometime soon.  Aside from
> JB weld, the gasket set ( http://www.busdepot.com/025198009b ) - is there
> anything else good to have on hand?
> 
> Tom