[Spits] Spit manifolds removal

[John Henard]

Nick,Does that mean the intake and exhaust have to come out together as one
unit?

--John Henard




 > From: nmoseley at telus.net
> To: johnhenard at hotmail.com; spitfires at autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Spits] Spit manifolds removal
> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:15:49 -0700
>
> John, I feel your pain, most especially my knuckles are tingling.
> I have an open-end wrench of the correct size, where I ground down the
other
> end (the round end) enough that I was able to get the wrench behind the
> metal coolant pipe to get at those nuts. One has to turn the wrench front
to
> back several times during the process as you may only be able to get an
> eighth of a turn at a time. On some of my cars, those nuts were the longer
> versions, which made them easier to remove.
> In my experience at least, the dowels were a non-issue once all the nuts
> were removed.
> Application of a penetrating fluid like PB Blaster may help, and enable you
> to turn them by hand once you've freed them off.
> Hope that helps
> Nick Moseley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Henard
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:30 PM
> To: spitfires at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Spits] Spit manifolds removal
>
> Wise (and less frustrated) ones,I am trying to remove the intake and
exhaust
> manifolds on a '71 and not having much luck. All the manuals/books I have
> are vague. I have removed:main nuts along the top of the intake offend
studs
> at either end of the exhaust manifoldnut (but not stud) securing the intake
> to the exhaust manifoldstuds have been snapped at the exhaust down
flangeTwo
> things that appear to be hanging on:dowels in the top of the intake flanges
> - not sure how to removetwo more main nuts under the intake holding the
> exhaust to the head (can't get to these yet)What am I missing or how do I
> remove the two things above if that is all that is left? Suggestions?
> Thanks,
> --John Henard
>
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