1952-59 Ford Question about manifold gasket

Hello, I rebuilt my inline 6 and i've a question about the gasket exhaust-manifold.
Initially there are no joints, just rings and seals around the intake holes. In the engine gasket kit there is a seal that makes the length (metal-fiber). The rings do not p*** through the holes of the Offenhauser intake. I mounted the new seal (metal-fiber) without old rings or seals (around intake holes). This is the right solution?
Thanks

 

Here the engine

 

I've a doubt with the shaft seal ring to.
Impossible to insert it correctly. It missing a little space like on the picture bellow, around the seal it's ok but it is not completely plated: (joint spi = shaft seal ring )


I hope that I will not lose oil ! What do you think about this ?

 

And last problem with my new linkage (Thanks Jeff2B). I received it. It is very cool and complete. But I don't understand the way to install it. Anyone have a good picture of the same parts ? Thanks !

 

Click on this and send this member a pm,he has already done this,check out his album pictures too. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=14157

 

Boy, I have been up to my neck with this problem lately. I could never get the manifold to seal to the head. I purchased the extra thick gasket called Remflex off of Ebay thinking it would do the trick. I ruined the first one trying to put it on ( it is VERY fragile ). The second one I got installed ok but I still had a vacuum leak. I discussed the problem with the Offenhauser boys and they hinted that the problem might be a casting problem whereby the Heat Riser plentum is open to the fuel/air plentum. I closed off the Heat Riser area and my problem went away. Meanwhile I had to remove the Offenhauser manifold and pretty much ruined my new gasket ( $70 each ). I got around the bad gasket problem by applying some VersaChem MEGA GREY gasket maker ( from O'Reilleys ) to the bad areas, which sealed everything ok. Anyway, I am still burning a little about the Remflex gaskets. They compress to form a nice seal between the manifold and head but reusing one is very iffy. They are fragile and expensive.

As a side note, I could not use the rings either.

There are pics of my setup here at this site.

Jack

 

Hello, OK thank you for all !
Just I'm french and my english isn't perfect, I don't understand one stuff : what is "Heat Riser area" ?

 

And the car could still ride? Or the air leak was too large?

 

I hoped that the gasket supplied with the kit would suffice, compress and prevented air intakes. Have you test this kind of gasket ? Like that : http://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_m...haust-manifold-gasket-set-223-6-cylinder.html

 

The Heat Riser area is where the exhaust manifold bolts to the intake manifold. It traps the hot exhaust gas to heat up the intake gas for better combustion.

Yes, the car still ran but very poorly. It backfired and stumbled. The leak was not very large but its location caused the front two cylinders to be ineffective. In fact I could remove the spark plug wire from those two cylinders and you could not detect any difference in how the engine was running. It is ok now.

I believe the gasket supplied with the kit will suffice.

Good Luck, and your engine looks great.