I've worked with a couple of guys like that.

 

Completed the reassembly yesterday, engine fired up first try (after waiting 24 hours for RTV to fully cure). I ran the engine long enough to bleed air out of the new coolant, then closed up the radiator and changed the oil. Drove it around about 30-45 minutes and ran like a top.

I highly recommend labeling all connectors and taking your time on all steps. The tip about using old bolts to guide the manifold back in place is a very nice tip, made reassembly a sure-thing rather than a "hope I got it right" experience.

I acknowledge that I worked slowly, intentionally, but even knowing how to do it now I cannot understand how a shop could get thru this process in 4 hours.

 

Congrats on getting it done and reporting on using the bolts as guides. I wish I had thought to do that.

Replacing the LIM gaskets is one tbe two jobs that is a right of passage for any 4.3l Blazer owner. The other is the replacement of the remote oil filter lines. LOL

 

... along with the door hinge bushings and CMP retard. LOL.

Good work on the LIM gaskets.


George