At 03:56 PM 9/27/96 -0700, pbailey wrote:
>Hi all:
>After praising my car recently the Gods have frowned upon me!
>my exhaust manifold on my 79"B" cracked at the bend just before the Cat
>luckily i have another manifold which I put on today does anyone know
>why it cracked? Am I running too lean? Is it a common fault on these
>manifolds? I am afraid to run it too much in case it happens again.I
>just put a rebuilt carb on the car about 1000 miles ago could there be
>something wrong with the carb? Also can this manifold be welded? Again
>I'm looking to the GLW (great list wisdom) for answers...Thanks in
>advance...Pat 79"B"
Common problem..VERY. Welding very unlikely to hold for long. Many choose to
change over to header and weber or earlier SUs when this happens.
Regards,
Hal
Hal Rogers
H.D. Rogers & Sons
Import Auto Specialists
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