Steve,
Make sure the exhaust pipe support at the bell housing is in place and
that the pipe is clamped to it. If not, I would not be surprised if your
leak is really a cracked neck on the cat con. If that is not the problem
then you may have to remove the manifold from the engine to successfully
tighten the bolts. Going thru all that trouble, maybe the fasteners
should be safety wired also.
Steve Bettencourt
http://www.bmcne.com
webmaster@bmcne.com
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000 15:54:21 EDT PAINTRIX@aol.com writes:
> I keep blowing the gasket that is between the exhaust manifold and
> the cat
> conv on my still fully smogged B. I would think that this situation
> occurs
> because I have not gotten the three bolts tight enough. With my
> limited
> collection of tools I have a difficult time of accessing the three
> bolts,
> the 1 on the block side I can only get from underneath the car and
> even then
> I have a few swival joints to get around the converter so I am
> losing alot of
> torque.
>
> Anybody got some suggestions on what I can do to get better access
> to the
> bolts?
>
> Steve Petrosky
> Cincinnati
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