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Re: [Tigers] Exhaust Manifold Issues

To: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Exhaust Manifold Issues
From: Carlo Bernardino <crbdino@me.com>
Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 06:07:43 -0700
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Ooops! I sit corrected.
Rob
On May 8, 2012, at 1:09 AM, Marc James Small wrote:

> At 01:15 AM 5/8/2012, Carlo Bernardino wrote:
> >Dear Tiger Gurus,
> >I was enjoying the Monterey weather this weekend and chasing down
> >porsches when the engine started sounding rough. I short shifted home
> >and popped the boot. Low and behold my exhaust manifold had ejected a
> >number of bolts. So much for bolts being seized on the manifold.
> >Anyway, I suspect I need to replace the gasket and bolts. So some
> >questions for the gurus:
> 
> Lad, the 'boot' is the trunk.  You popped the hood if you were looking at the 
> engine.  (A panoply of 1960's VW Bug jokes pop into my mind -- I only did 
> around 100,000 miles in Alpines and other Rootes Group cars but I did about 
> 600,000 miles in air-cooled VeeDubs, back in the day.)
> 
> If you popped the boot and saw the engine, well, it is time to check in for 
> some medical assistance on your meds.  <he grins>
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
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