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Re: cracked exhausted manifold

To: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net, hoon@pixar.com
Subject: Re: cracked exhausted manifold
From: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 23:09:48 EDT
Fred,

A 68 will fit if you change the head pipe on the exhaust as well.  The lower 
flange changed in 68 to a 3 bolt design instead of a clamp around the 
perimeter.

Sid


>From: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us
>Reply-To: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us
>To: datsun roadster mailist <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>,        Hoon 
>Kim <hoon@pixar.com>
>Subject: Re: cracked exhausted manifold
>Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 16:27:40 -0700
>
>Hoon,
>
>The BADROC corral may have a spare (if a '68 will match). I'll check
>tonight. All it'll cost is two beers (I'm all out).
>
>From what I remember, it's not easy to just pull or drop the manifold. I 
>think
>you have to unbolt the motor mounts and move the engine enough for the 
>manifold
>to clear the frame. A how-to session at CalSpeed's BBQ this weekend? ;>
>
>Fred - So.SF
>BADROC
>
>________________________ Reply Separator __________________________
> >Subject: cracked exhausted manifold
> >Author:  Hoon Kim <hoon@pixar.com>
> >Date:    8/1/2000 1:26 PM
> >
> >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
> >--
> >
> >----------------------------------------------------------
> >Hoon Kim
> >______\____       hoon@pixar.com
> >:/_()_____()_;      x6184
> >----------------------------------------------------------

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