I recently removed this stuff from my '79. It all goes MUCH EASIER if the
intake manifold is removed first, and then the exhaust manifold. I not sure
you can do it any other way. Once the intake manifold is out the rest is a
"piece of cake", and I always replace the manifold gasket anyway (a low $
item) even if I only need to remove the intake and carb.
Reid
'79 Spitfire
-----Original Message-----
From: Kirk Crawford [mailto:kirk.crawford@beachnet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 3:00 PM
To: Dean Dashwood
Cc: 'spitfires@autox.team.net'
Subject: RE: Exhaust secrets?
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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