Heat/ Exhaust Rise Intake

[BobR35]

So I've been reading about the intake block off for the heat/ exhaust into the intake manifold and tried the easy fix with slipping in shims under the intake first. Well that didn't work for me because the exhaust leaked at that point afterwards and it called for removing the intake and doing it the right way. Upon inspection of the intake I saw that both holes for the heat rise were cracked. I decided to make hole plugs out of thin stainless, recessed in the hole and then using the extreme heat JB Weld to seal the holes. I ground the cracks V shaped and filled the cracks at the same time in order to make one piece seal on the complete job. Im waiting on the gasket to reinstall and try this out, hopefully will be driving by Saturday. I'll post the results next week after I put some miles on her.