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Re: cracked exhausted manifold

To: Hoon Kim <hoon@pixar.com>
Subject: Re: cracked exhausted manifold
From: svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 13:49:50 -0700
Should be no trick at all to have it welded up - just make sure that they stop 
drill the
crack before welding, that is, drill a small hole at the end of the crack to 
prevent it
propagating further, then welding up the crack and the hole.

Gary McCormick
San José, CA
  
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Hoon Kim wrote:

> subject says it all. What to do? Is it serious? How much and how hard
> is it to replace a hairline cracked exhausted manifold. I never
> noticed it before so I don't know if it's been there all along or if
> it is new.
>
> My radiador sprung a leak so all my coolant leaked out, so I'm
> suspecting that it happened then. Since then I have replaced my 2 row
> with a 3 row and seems to be working fine. It's only after I was
> checking the coolant level after installing it that I noticed the
> crack.
> Thanks.
> '67 1600
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