> I bought a complete new exhaust system from Rimmer Bros a while back and
want to
> fit it tomorrow morning... Trouble is I want to then drive the car in the
> afternoon...
Well, unsurprisingly, I didn't make it :-(
Most of the job went smoothly, in fact topologically speaking the exhaust is
completely off the car. Unfortunately, the manifold (one of the most broken
bits) is of the twin down-pipe variety and does not have a downpipe flange
to undo. Thus, I am faced with a kind of executive toy style puzzle where I
can get the manifold so far THIS way until it knocks against THAT part...
So far the candidates for removal are (a) all the studs - not too simple
since I tried this option and succeeded in removing only 1 of the first 4 I
tried. (b) the lower steering column (c) the engine (d) the body tub.
Another option is to hacksaw the manifold but the new one is the exact same
shape and I wouldn't like to have to weld THAT back together under the car
on fitting!
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