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Re: Manifold nuts

To: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>, mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Manifold nuts
From: Tyson Sherman <tsherman@tecinfo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 22:27:01 -0600
Thanks Bob.  I will try.  Do I need a spring compressor to
remove the valves?  I plan on using all new hardware.

Tyson

Robert Allen wrote:

> A Gibbonizer with a cut-off wheel.
>   or
> A thin chisel (aka small screwdriver) pounded between the nut and the
> manifold while turning the nut
>   or
> Just drill it out and plan on replacing the studs afterwards.
>
> > How can I tell if the head is even reuseable?
>
> Get it out, strip it bare, hot tank, check for flatness, magnaflux for
> cracks. (They are pretty stout compared to 'B's and 1500s.)
> --
> Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?)
> "The biggest thing that happened to the six-cylinder engine in 20 years
> was the seven main-bearing crank" -- John Z. DeLorean, Car Life, 1966




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