Jim,
Very important also, is to ensure you have the clamp and
bracket going to the bellhousing. Without that the exhaust is
swinging on the rear mount and flexing at your problem flange. The
pipe must be fixed in 2 places; the flange and the bellhousing.
Peter C
(oh, and tanks for the weather this weekend in WI)
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At 02:17 AM 9/18/2006, Jim Johnson wrote:
>Thanks, guys. Wednesday or Thursday I will get the car up on stands
>and see what I've got. I don't think the studs are stripped out as I
>was able to put pretty good torque on the nuts. Maybe one or more has
>worked loose as David suggests. I do have the donut in place (or at
>least did). What bothered me the last two times I put this together is
>that even after the nuts were torqued on the flange, the downpipe was
>loose. Made me think that something was out of order in the fitment.
>Anyway, I'll post what I find later this week.
>
>This is particularly infuriating as the car is running beautifully and
>I'm really enjoying driving it. My motorcycles are starting to give me
>threatening looks.... ;-)
>
>Cheers!!
>Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
>
>On 9/17/06, David Lieb <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com> wrote:
>> > Since most of the time the studs are gone or stripped out, I
>>usually drill thru and use bolts. (new stainless with lock washers)
>>
>>I would suggest locknuts, too. The donut tends to seat in a bit the first
>>few times it is run and even with lock washers I have had nuts go missing.
>>Quite a drag, especially since cops seem to come out of the woodwork as you
>>try to tiptoe quietly with an exhaust asystem that is effectively
>>non-existent. Not that this has ever happened to me...
>>David Lieb
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