[Spits] FW: Spit manifolds removal

[Doug Braun]

The nuts on the bottom are an incredible pain to reach.  (The dual SU
manifold is much easier to deal with.)
Once you get the manifolds off, replace all the studs and nuts, and use
lots of anti-seize compound when reassembling.
Then you won't have as much difficulty in the future.

Doug


On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Nick Moseley <nmoseley at telus.net> wrote:

> Not necessarily, but you have to remove all the nuts before you can remove
> either manifold. The knobs under the nuts are pressing on one side against
> the exhaust and on the other side  against the intake manifold flanges.
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> Nick M
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> From: John Henard [mailto:johnhenard at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 2:21 PM
> To: Nick Moseley; spitfires at autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Spits] Spit manifolds removal
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> Nick,
> Does that mean the intake and exhaust have to come out together as one
> unit?
>
> --John Henard
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> > 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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