Hmf... well, I found the collars hard to get "flat".... they tend to cock
a bit sideways, wedging themselves against the other of the twin pipes.
The other thing was the sealer doughnuts. I bought new doughnuts, and
put them over the pipes... when I was about to put the arrangment
together my resident expert pointed out I had put the new ones over the
old ones. The old ones looked SO different from the new ones I thought
they were a seat for the new ones, and the old ones had disappeared...
anyway, there was no way I could have tightened things up properly with
both sets of doughnuts installed. The old ones were still serviceable
(according to the R.E. mentioned above) so I just threw the new ones in
the parts bin. No leaks, except one nut backed off where it wasn't
tightened properly (the collar makes a neat noise when this happens, like
your recently rebuilt engine has pebbles rattling around in it.. <g>).
Hope this inspires a solution.
John M. Trindle | jtrindle@tsquare.com | Tidewater Sports Car Club
'73 MGB DSP | '69 Spitfire E Stock | '88 RX-7 C Stock
Home Page: http://www.widomaker.com/~trindle
"6. When you starve with a tiger, the tiger starves last. (The second law
of reality.) - Jack Neafsey"
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