Dean Dashwood wrote:
> Has anyone out there disconnected their exhaust pipe from the exhaust
> manifold? If you have, could you please let me in on the secret of how
> to remove the front bolt?
>
> Ok, maybe this needs a bit more explaination....
>
> The exhaust pipe is connected to the manifold by three bolts. One of
> these bolts comes off no problem. Another one (on my car, anyway) will
> come off once I use some brute force (and a bit of WD-40 maybe) to get
> it unstuck.
>
> But I just can't get to the third one at all. It is towards the front
> of the car, between the engine and the exhaust pipe. I can get a socket
> onto it, and I can get a ratchet over the socket, but the ratchet will
> only face forwards - with the front of the engine on one side, and the
> suspension arm on the other side. (If you try to get the ratchet to
> face any other way, the exhaust pipe gets in the way.) The problem is
> that when I turn the ratchet, there is so little room between the engine
> and the suspension arm for it to move in, that I can't get the bolt
> undone - any movement doesn't even take up the slack in the ratchet, let
> alone start to move the bolt.
>
> Has anyone else come across this problem, or is it just me????? Please
> tell me that I'm not the only one, and tell me how you got round the
> problem! My car is currently in pieces, and I really don't want to have
> to put it all back together again to take it to the garage and get them
> to take it all apart again and charge me a fortune for it!
>
> TIA
>
> Dean Dashwood
> '77 Spit 1500 (nearly, anyway!)
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Dean,
Just went out into the garage and checked my '76. Just had the head off, and
removed the manifold WITH it. Maybe it's just your car, but I have plenty of
room to maneuver for that front bolt, although, if I recall correctly, I
used a box end wrench to get mine off. PLUS a lot of BLASTER PB penetrating
fluid on the day prior to removing it.
You can take the manifold off the head prior to removing the head, but it is
a big PAIN to get to the inner bolts. I would recommend taking it off as a
unit, if at all possible.
Good luck.
Cheers,
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Bob Norway
Rockledge, Florida
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