OK, this headgasket repair is getting expensive!!  And I am finding that most parts house employees are idiots.  Even with the computer and their 20 questions, they couldn't figure their way out of a paper bag!!     Of course my very knowledgeable parts guy has been out dealing with family stuff, until today.  I ended up buying more gaskets than I needed!    But now I have spares.


-Head came back all clean.
-22REPerformance stuff is VERY nice.  The headgasket is 10's better than Fel-Pro.  I didn't get the exhaust gasket from him, and I should have.  The paper one from Fel-Pro doesn't look like its up to par.  But all the other gaskets in the kit I need will work. 
-Got all new exhaust nuts and had to get one more, since I am going from the 20R ex mani to the right one, 22R, I needed to swap out some bolts, and add another.
-Used belt sander to clean up mating surface of ex mani.  Used straight edge to true it up.
-All oils, coolants, filters, hoses, t-stat, gasket, nuts and washers needed.
-Borrowed BIL's bucket of o-rings.  He has $2000 worth of O-rings in containers all nicely organized in a 5 gallon bucket.  He operates a Stroker/Processor in the woods, and needs to have parts to fix anything on the fly when possible.  I needed 3 o-rings, so I got 2 of each.  Spares.
-And now just wait for my buddy to help me assemble the head, and then put everything back together, and then we should have one more day to start and time it.  Can't wait.

I will try to get photos of the head gaskets and show a comparison.