> Advice needed! I am in the process of replacing my 80 Spit's
> manifolds
> after the exhaust split returning from a show the first day
> of BCW. I have
> all the upper nuts off, but cannot access the lower nuts with
> the tools I
> have. A DPO replaced these nuts with long, about 1 inch,
> nuts like those
> used to connect threaded rod. Does anyone know of a specific type of
> wrench that will get over the exhaust and under the intake manifold to
> reach these nuts?
> TIA Gary Lied
Hi Gary,
The only way I found to get at these nuts on a 1500 was by using a
thin walled 9/16 socket with 3/8 drive. I had to buy a new bar with a
knuckle joint at one end - not included in the standard socket sets I've
owned. This arrangement gave me enough clearance to loosen/tighten these
nuts by very small increments, manoeuvering the bar carefully each turn. The
job is a complete pain, but it can be done as long as you can find the right
tools.
Hope this helps,
Bill.
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