OK, thanks for the advice. Good thinking on the gasket material, I forgot all about that possibility.

You're right about the bolts being 10mm. As far as hardware bolts go, I'd actually be using a reputable hardware store... But since I'll be heading to Advance for the gasket material, might as well get the bolts there too. Hopefully, one of the intelligent guys are working (there are only 2 that have any clue what they're doing, 1 is my cousin and his father taught me a lot about cars when I was his age). Even the manager is kinda dippy, and he's at his 3rd Advance store.

Don't sweat me over-torquing bolts. I have OCD, I spec just about everything, I even check spark plug gap 3 times before I install them. ;-) Thanks for all the advice, I'll be getting right to it tomorrow. Nice and easy fix. My Chilton shows sealant being applied on both sides of the gasket, but all the exploded diagrams are for the 4WD transmission. Should be ok without it, I don't see a problem.