Dear All, Well, it's done. It was a little more difficult than it should have been.
The manifold is connected to the downpipe by three 5/16" UNF steel studs, and three 5/16" UNF brass nuts, right? Wrong. When I came to take off the old nuts, I found that one was steel, 12mm A/F (on an M8 steel stud); one was steel, 7/16" A/F (on a 5/16" UNF steel stud); and one was brass, 1/2" A/F (on a 5/16" UNF steel stud). The M8 stud has now been replaced with the correct 5/16" UNF item (amazingly, the threads in the manifold didn't seem to have been damaged beyond use), and I have three shiny new 5/16" UNF brass nuts holding in my nice new gasket. I also have the most extraordinary pong in the cockpit - sort of a cross between a warm 1940s radio and a Christmas pudding. Is this the new gasket burning off chemicals used in the manufacturing process, or is there a plum-pudding-loving gremlin repairing vintage radios in my heater core?? 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.
