And while I'm there, looking at the manifold for cracks. I KNOW the gasket is bad. Anyways, is there anything else I should look at or replace while everything is apart?

 

The doughnut on the lower part of the manifold... That's all I can think of

 

Those side Freeze plugs wouldn't be a bad idea. Wish I had did mine while everthing was apart. Use brass

 

X2 that is a good idea

 

You might want to start spraying that EGR tube. Mine will probably also need some new studs.

 

It also seems that the stock manifold cracks on these. May want to inspect it well if you want to quiet up all leaks.

 

Read the fist line in his post.

 

X3 on the frreeze plugs. I had to pull all that off to just replace a $1.20 freeze plug. They're cheap and easy to swap out. I would also check the motor mounts while it's apart. It's easy to replace the mounts when the manifold is off. But that's just my $0.02.