>> and hit a snag trying to get the lower manifold nuts off, or more accurately
>> trying to get to the nuts so I can take them off.
>
> Is this the rear, lower nut that's giving you a headache (or wrist ache)?
> Yee Haw! welcome to the joys of U20 ownership! I reach around, from the front
> and use a very cheap (India made) 12 mm, short handled wrench, I keep just for
> this one nut. For some reason (angle of the head or thickness of the
> shoulders) it's the only one that works for me. That nut is even hard to deal
> with while the engine is out!
>
> Wish you were down the street, I know with enough time and swear words, we'd
> get that sucker.
Actually, Victor it's the rear three or four. Guess I'll just have to bite
the bullet and pull the carbs separately, which I was obviously trying to
avoid.
Another thing I noticed is that it appears as though the mounting flanges on
the exhaust header aren't as thick as those on the intake manifold and I'll
bet those on the OEM exhaust manifold. I have a small tube Stahl header for
an L-4 that's built the same. This is otherwise a top quality piece. Maybe
the short Mikuni intake manifolds have thinner mating surfaces and the
header's built to work with it. I don't know. It would be nice if the
aftermarket folks had taken the little bit of extra time to build up that
area on headers rather than leaving it for us to fix or ignore and hope
things would seal properly, which they usually don't.
I definitely appreciate the offer of both mechanical and oratorical help.
I'd take you up on it if we still lived in Riverside, but Temple's a bit far
to come for just a few nuts and a few, okay a lot of, choice words. ;>)
Thanks,
Ron
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