I have the same issues with mine. I have to replace the gasket again.
What I noticed on mine is that the nuts worked themselves loose. In
fact, I checked the pipe after several weeks and saw that all three nuts
have almost worked themselves off completely! If the pipe was not
attached to the transmission bell housing, it may have flopped off
alltogether! What are some suggestions for nuts that work themselves
loose? Should I use a lock washer?
Thanks,
Ed.
'66 Herald
Michael Hargreave Mawson wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am getting sick and tired of replacing blown exhaust downpipe
> gaskets. I have tried everything: fitting by a professional mechanic;
> fitting by a tyre & exhaust shop; fitting the damn things myself;
> ditto, but with an extra (locking) nut on the aft stud. The same
> thing always happens - the nut or nuts on the rearmost stud work loose
> over time, and relax the compression of the gasket enough that the
> exhaust gases blow straight through it when the engine is working
> hard. The only thing I haven't tried is leaving the gasket out
> altogether (I much prefer replacing gaskets to replacing downpipes or
> exhaust manifolds, or both).
>
> Is there a solution? And if not, does any supplier offer jumbo value
> packs of gaskets?
>
> ATB
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