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17-02-2006, 08:36 PM
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decieded to take the inlet manifold off the v8 this arvo to fix the air leeks, i was thinking that it wold take me bout an hour or two. WRONG. 3 hours just to get it off.
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17-02-2006, 08:44 PM
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hahahah
2nd time around its a lot quicker. we did it 2 days ago, first time took a while, 2nd time took just over an hour to get it off. (upper and lower)
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17-02-2006, 08:55 PM
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There are some packaging compromises with the Windsor because the engine is essentially out of a totally unrelated car. But there are plenty of imported cars that are a nightmare to work on which have no such excuse.
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17-02-2006, 09:18 PM
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Like most jobs, first takes a while and then after that, its easy peasy.
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18-02-2006, 08:03 AM
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Get a new manifold
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18-02-2006, 09:07 AM
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The first time I did it took friggen ages.
The second time around is much quicker.
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18-02-2006, 01:22 PM
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List some of these packaging compromises John! Oh yeah and RE. the manifold, once you do it once you'll find it easier the next time. I can have my upper off in 15 mins now.
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18-02-2006, 01:48 PM
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Wait til you try an Edelbrock manifold.
theres one tricky nut inside the plenums "throat" and another pain in the proverbial rear left side.... Not pretty .
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18-02-2006, 08:15 PM
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not happy......
i got it all back together and the manifold is spewing out water from the back of the left side. Trying again tomorrow. |
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18-02-2006, 08:29 PM
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getting the upper off is a 10min job. No longer.
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18-02-2006, 08:46 PM
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from the lower? did you put new gaskets on? clean the surfaces? Dont want water spewing into the motor and / or cylinder :(
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18-02-2006, 09:09 PM
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yeah its from the lower half, i put new gaskets in and have no idea what has gone wrong. Must have got some crap caught on the new gasket as i was putting the manifold in. i will post again tomorrow with the result.
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19-02-2006, 03:50 PM
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well its fixed now. The left hand sid gasket didnt sit right the first time so i pulled it down again ( a lot quicker this time) and did it again. All up it took me just 3 hours this time. Took it for a run and its all good.
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inlet manifold sucks!!!
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