I was able to get to this bolt with a long extension on a socket from under
the car with the car up on jackstands. The rachet was then below the floorpan
and free
to turn 360 degrees. And yes it is possible to remove the manifold with the
head in place, but it is really tedious, only a fraction of a turn at a time
on the lower
bolts.
Good luck!
-Greg
78 Spit
72 Spit
In a message dated 3/30/99 1:47:43 PM EST, DDashwood@softwright.co.uk writes:
>
> Has anyone out there disconnected their exhaust pipe from the exhaust
> manifold? If you have, could you please let me in on the secret of how
> to remove the front bolt?
>
> Ok, maybe this needs a bit more explaination....
>
> The exhaust pipe is connected to the manifold by three bolts. One of
> these bolts comes off no problem. Another one (on my car, anyway) will
> come off once I use some brute force (and a bit of WD-40 maybe) to get
> it unstuck.
>
> But I just can't get to the third one at all. It is towards the front
> of the car, between the engine and the exhaust pipe. I can get a socket
> onto it, and I can get a ratchet over the socket, but the ratchet will
> only face forwards - with the front of the engine on one side, and the
> suspension arm on the other side. (If you try to get the ratchet to
> face any other way, the exhaust pipe gets in the way.) The problem is
> that when I turn the ratchet, there is so little room between the engine
> and the suspension arm for it to move in, that I can't get the bolt
> undone - any movement doesn't even take up the slack in the ratchet, let
> alone start to move the bolt.
>
> Has anyone else come across this problem, or is it just me????? Please
> tell me that I'm not the only one, and tell me how you got round the
> problem! My car is currently in pieces, and I really don't want to have
> to put it all back together again to take it to the garage and get them
> to take it all apart again and charge me a fortune for it!
>
> TIA
>
> Dean Dashwood
> '77 Spit 1500 (nearly, anyway!)
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