drip off exhaust manifold

my old girl needs a little attention. Today after a morning on the lake I Notice a tiny/slow drip off the bottom of the exhaust manifold near the rear. At first I thought it was the manifolds drain cap just not tight enough and dripping a bit. Upon further inspection, on the under side of the manifold there is a little rust spot an inch or two foward of the drain cap.  Question..should I bother pulling the entire manifold off and replacing it at this point, or dry it good, flapper disk the area and put some JB weld on and finish out the season?

In the meantime I am going to look around for a PCM exhaust manifold to replace it with.   Any thoughts?

Thanks

Dan

Speaking of JB Weld, how's that rudder of yours holding up?  

Gary, not sure why they don't use Stainless. I assume it's because of "softness" or "hardness" I'd imagine Stainless is probably softer than say a Grade 8 bolt.   

Will ya look at that,,,,,,,,they're stainless steel and the price isn't terrible 

Maybe Pete will tell you everything he "knows" about their tensile strength, maybe you shouldn't worry about it  and just use them if you want to

You'll also need a pair of exhaust manifold to head gaskets instructions whenever you put new manifolds on.

You might get to reading the SkiDim description of the exhaust gaskets that tells you to install the gaskets with the shiny metallic side toward the engine and the felt side toward the manifold. And it sure looks like a FelPro number stamped into the gasket they sell..

Then again, you might read some FelPro gasket installation instructions for their MS90000 SBF exhaust gaskets (or any of their metallic faced on one side exhaust gaskets) that tell you to install them with the shiny side out towards the manifold

Who you gonna believe?

Does it really matter which way they go?

You probably have months to think about it, but I'd look at what you take off and if in doubt go with instructions from the people who make the gaskets 

Edit.............a number of years later..........SkiDim changed their wording to agree with FelPro's wording

So are you agreeing with the Felpro instructions or questioning them with your question quoted above Pete?

Of course it's logical

Look at all those cars and trucks out there with cast manifolds