I have the same issues with mine. I have to replace the gasket again.
What I noticed on mine is that the nuts worked themselves loose. In
fact, I checked the pipe after several weeks and saw that all three nuts
have almost worked themselves off completely! If the pipe was not
attached to the transmission bell housing, it may have flopped off
alltogether! What are some suggestions for nuts that work themselves
loose? Should I use a lock washer?
Thanks,
Ed.
'66 Herald
Michael Hargreave Mawson wrote:
Dear All,
I am getting sick and tired of replacing blown exhaust downpipe
gaskets. I have tried everything: fitting by a professional mechanic;
fitting by a tyre & exhaust shop; fitting the damn things myself;
ditto, but with an extra (locking) nut on the aft stud. The same
thing always happens - the nut or nuts on the rearmost stud work loose
over time, and relax the compression of the gasket enough that the
exhaust gases blow straight through it when the engine is working
hard. The only thing I haven't tried is leaving the gasket out
altogether (I much prefer replacing gaskets to replacing downpipes or
exhaust manifolds, or both).
Is there a solution? And if not, does any supplier offer jumbo value
packs of gaskets?
ATB
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