I just went to a local car parts store and ordered a new TB gasket, will be in by 8:00, i have a Dremmel in my basement. gonna get rid of that hump. I've gone through the posts (well as many as i could stand on a damn 56k). but anywho... any words o' warning before i start? like, do i need to buy some locktite(?) thread stuff for those torx screws holding the sensors on for when i put it back on? and do i remove the butterfly plate thingy inside of the TB? do i locktite those screw(s) too?

are there any unexpected things that i could screw up? or whatnot?
TIA

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-Ryan

LOL... I was just about to post my results. I'll post a couple pics so you can see what kind of success I did. I left the plate on, I didn't trust myself with the dremel to not get into that part of the tb. I didn't locktite anything back up, I don't think it is necessary. Oh and make sure you have the right dremel bits. I used a variety of grinding stones, sanding wheels, and cutting bits. Anywho here are the pics, email if you have any questions.

get a bunch of the little round metal brushes for the dremel and a dremel polishing kit.

dsm/mitsubishi service manuals https://www.mediafire.com/folder/5k14qlaulb9s1/dsm_mitsubishi

service manuals(my whole collection) https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ac51jwwa3g1n1/automotive_manuals

thanks a lot. BTW that was pretty funny.

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-Ryan