Can someone tell me how to remove the brads that hold the heat crossover pan on the 488945 intake manifold? There are two on the bottom bradded to the manifold and one on top that is bradded to the crossover. I'd like to separate the parts for cleaning prior to reinstalling.
Secondly, when going back together, does everything get painted blue, top and bottom of manifold, including the crossover and light gauge metal retainer parts? These look like they were black. I don't know if these parts have been fooled with before and since the manifold is not painted maybe so, they could have been painted in a previous restoration.
I'm fairly certain the engines were painted after assembly, so if that's the case there probably wasn't a lot of paint under the manifold.
Any pictures of documented original teardowns would be great. Thank you.
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