Cluster****.
That is a good way to describe how this is going. After getting the manifold off with an impact, I discovered that there were bolts missing on the manifold.
Two to be exact. Upon further examination I found *PART* of each bolt... Broken off inside the head. There was literally no gasket at all in between the head and the manifold.
So the previous owner had a shop do it, and they obviously ****ed up real bad... and didn't tell him.
So I'm pulling the head and going to have a machine shop re-thread them for me since the drill/tap method isn't/can't work. No one can get to it until Monday, so I will be driven back to CS, and have no vehicle for a week. Fun