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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jun 2023 Posts: 143 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2023 Posts: 143 | I have two set of exhaust manifolds that are in pretty good shape with the exception of the heat riser baffles. Looking for advice on how to repair or replace the baffles.
Or maybe a restoration shop.
Thanks Red
Last edited by Red; 12/01/2023 5:18 PM.
1950 5 Window
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | I fabricate new shafts and flap valves from stainless steel. The only "original" part that remains is the weight. There is a bimetal spring sold by a vendor on Ebay for a Jeep application that is a suitable substitute for the stovebolt item, at less than half the price of the scarce and expensive OEM Chevy part. www.ebay.com/itm/182196172425?www.ebay.com/itm/131315624809?Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2023 Posts: 143 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2023 Posts: 143 | Do you fabricate these for fellow bolters? or have a how to instruction.
Thanks Red
1950 5 Window
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 731 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 731 | Red, check this older thread about repairing the flapper.
Matthew 6:33 1952 Chevy 1/2-ton 3100 Late '55 235/SM420/torque tube 3.55 Dalton Highway survivor (using original 216) www.truckwithaheart.com | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | Do you fabricate these for fellow bolters? or have a how to instruction.
Thanks Red No, I just use common sense and the fabrication skills I've acquired over the past 65 years of tinkering with these old rust buckets. The type of vehicle doesn't matter- - - -somebody built it, and somebody else can fix it. If you want a Cadillac job, drill and tap the manifold for a couple of short brass pipe nipples, then line-ream them so a piece of stainless round stock is a loose slip fit. Then tack weld a flap valve formed to duplicate the shape of the original part to a flat spot ground into the center of the shaft. The rehabbed valve will outlive your grandchildren. Jerry
Last edited by klhansen; 12/03/2023 4:39 PM.
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2023 Posts: 143 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2023 Posts: 143 | Thanks Skooter for the link to earlier post,it is a Big help, and Jerry Thanks for reminding me that it's only a piece of old metal.
Seems I need to be part Orangutan with a skill set equal to MacGyver!
Such Great Fun
Red
1950 5 Window
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