On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, at around 18:13:27 local time, William Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> About 400 >> miles into the trip, I blew the gasket between the exhaust manifold and >> the down-pipe, and subsequently had this replaced by a back-street >> garage in Somerset. 100 miles later, I blew the same damn gasket. > >We often sell these gakets in pairs - one for the manifold, one to go >in the glovebox for next time.....
<g> > >> Is this gasket the one that various people recommend omitting >> altogether? If so, I'll just take it out, and screw everything back up >> as tight as I can... > >Many people leave out the gasket but I've never been convinced. The >same manifold arrangement is used on the Dolomite 1500 and I used to >change ours every 3 months/1500 miles at best. Dammit, I'm not prepared to do that! > After being obsessed with making the exhaust mountings as rigid as >possible to avoid flex, I read an article in an old copy of The Courier >from the mid 1980s. It was suggested to mount the exhaust fairly >loosely, omitting any brackets from the gearbox forward altogether. >This prevents the downpipe joint from becoming a fulcrum point as the >whole system moves together. Hmm. Sneaky. I like it. > I tried it, and the same gasket was on the car when we sold it after >about 3000 miles. I don't know how much longer it would have lasted, >but it was a very drastic improvement, So, how about combining both approaches - remove forward brackets *and* gasket? Suicidal, or a recipe for trouble-free motoring, do you suppose? ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FH105671 /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
