Nathaniel,
Other than a leak when I didn't get the three bolts holding the
collector-to-head pipe together tightened down reasonably uniformly, no
problems.
If the header is corroded, you may not be able to weld it successfully.
Gary Ault
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathaniel Leeds" <nmleeds@mindspring.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 2:09 PM
Subject: [Roadsters] Header Frustration - ideas?
> I'm having a bunch of frustration with my header.
>
> First frustration: it keeps eating the head-pipe gasket. I've now blown
> two
> apart in 500 miles. Now I'm not a master mechanic but how do you mess up
> putting in a head-pipe gasket? One friend said that I need to go to a
> copper
> gasket. Anybody with a similar experience?
>
> Second frustration: it looks like my header is leaking at the base
> (head-pipe side) where the four tubes are welded together. I took it in to
> the welder who fixed it the first time and he said that he'd had a hard
> time
> fixing the header the first time and with a second leak 500 miles later he
> suggested I save my money and just buy a new header. What are people's
> experiences with the after-market headers -- do they last, or am I going
> to
> be sending my welder's children through college?
>
> Nathaniel
> p.s. Thanks warning me about the jack.
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