I've desmogged my '80 to good effect. I replaced the elbow with a plug, but
simply smeared the tap with grease before cutting in the threads. This was
sufficient to keep all shavings out of the manifold.
Cheers,
Lew Palmer
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From: owner-mgs@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-mgs@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf
Of Eugene Balinski
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 9:06 AM
To: mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Cc: k1nr@arrl.net
Subject: De Smog Question
Listers,
I have to decided to de-smog my 80 B as I had to remove
the seized air pump to relace the thermostat housing
gasket. I have located the de-smog procedure as outlined
in Landsey Porter's book. He mentions pulling the 90
degree conneection for the Gulp valve and then tapping the
hole in order to use a bolt as a plug.
I would prefer not to have to tap the hole with the
possibility of metal shavings making their way into the
intake manifold and cylinders. Has anyone come up with a
different method to plug the hole ? I did a little
looking around in the archieves and did not see anything on
this part of the process.
Thanks,
Gene Balinski
80 B
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