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RE: Exhaust secrets?

To: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>
Subject: RE: Exhaust secrets?
From: Kirk Crawford <kirk.crawford@beachnet.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 14:59:57 -0800
At 2:24 PM -0800 3/30/99, Dean  Dashwood wrote:
>Remove the exhaust manifold from the head?  I thought this wasn't
>possible unless you remove the head from the engine, because you can't
>get to all the bolts - and the way to remove the head from the engine,
>since the manifold won't come off, is to remove the exhaust pipe from
>the manifold!  I may be wrong - it's 11pm now, and dark, so I'll have to
>wait till tomorrow to check this out, but if you're right, I'll feel
>really stupid!

Well, I don't know what year spit you have, but on my 68 Mk II/III, the
exhaust and intake manifolds are held on by a a number of nuts on studs
which can each be removed after the carbs are removed.

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