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Manifold bolts (nuts), 1500cc

To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Manifold bolts (nuts), 1500cc
From: Nick Benson <grayoak@holly.ColoState.EDU>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 13:28:04 -0600 (MDT)
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
(I'm re-posting this since it was sent out at the weekend and I notice 
that I get less response then.)


        I'm sure that many of you have encountered this problem.  Is 
there a special tool for removing the two lower nuts that hold the inlet 
and exhaust manifold to the head? 
        I've removed a few of these now, and still haven't found a wrench 
that fits in that in that space, even though the nuts are extra length. 
I always end up using an open ended crescent wrench, turning it at an 
awkward angle.  I've tried a box wrench, but even one with a step/bend in 
it doesn't cut it!
        The removal isn't the main part of the problem though: it's the 
tightening I have more worries about because I cannot get enough torque 
on them.

Nick D. Benson
Dept. of Industrial Sciences
Colorado State University
Fort Collins  CO


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