[Spits] FW: Spit manifolds removal

[John Henard]

Doug and Nick - thanks for the guidance

--John Henard




 > Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:19:16 -0400
> From: doug at dougbraun.com
> To: spitfires at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Spits] FW: Spit manifolds removal
>
> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Nick M
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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