~~ Jethro 1954 3100 Back to Life In the Dity Gallery 1951 3100 (gone) / 1956 4400 (still in the neighborhood) / 1957 6400 with dump body (retired) / 1959 3100 panel (in the woods junked) / 1978 Custom Deluxe K10 / 1993 S-10 4.3 / 2004 Chevy Crew Cab / 1945 John Deere H / 1952 John Deere B / 1966 John Deere 2510 / 1967 John Deere 1020
Merely getting the dang things properly seated in both head and manifold. Couldn't split intake and exhaust so it was heavy and awkward to get in and out. Plus, being 70yo with health issues doesn't help.
I ended up grinding a chamfer on the intake manifold and the rings. Seemed to help but still not a design easy to work on.
Project not completed yet. I ache all over so, I took a day off.
I cheat- - - -support the intake/exhaust assembly with an engine hoist, and it's a lot easier to manhandle it into position. Trying to wrangle 40 or 50 pounds of manifolds just ain't happening any more for me! Maybe 50 years ago, before I figured out I'm not really 10 feet tall and bulletproof! 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!
I did similar with a floor jack. 2 boards on each side of the pipe clamped together. Run 2 1x4 next the pipe and have below the bend level to sit on the jack pad. My floor jack extended outside the truck so I can lift and lower. Highly recommend the Remflex 2027 Exhaust Gasket. I did not use the alignment rings. There are guide pins on each end of the block.
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~ BD. "You won't find me in an old folks home" Pioneer Florida Cracker 1958 Apache Stepside 1958 Apache 1/2 ton Panel 1959 Apache 1/2 ton Panel
I would get a few extra long alignment bolts and cut the heads off them. Screw a couple in and slide the gaskets on and then the manifolds. They will support the manifolds while you start the actual bolts Then remove the alignment bolts. I'm too old for that lifting also.
~ Craig 1958 Viking 4400 "The Book of Thor" Read the story in the DITY 1960 Chevrolet C10 "A Family Heirloom" Follow the story in the DITY Gallery '59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
If you don't like driving yourTruck, you won't drive yourTruck..| Living life in the SLOW lane
I would get a few extra long alignment bolts and cut the heads off them. Screw a couple in and slide the gaskets on and then the manifolds. They will support the manifolds while you start the actual bolts
Be careful- - - -those end dowels that make a convenient place to put long headless guide bolts for manifold installation SHOULD NOT be replaced with bolts. The dowels are there to allow the exhaust manifold to expand and retract from heat changes. Bolting the ends down tight will result in a cracked exhaust manifold. I like to install short Allen head bolts with the heads ground down to the diameter of the dowels instead of fighting with the short headless dowels. 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!
Also, don't put a temporary bolt or stud and nut in the rear hole. Remember, you have to take it out again and there isn't much room to work. I had to spend too much time on the grinder on a 9/16 box wrench to recover from that mistake when I assembled the whole thing on the floor and forgot to take that rear bolt out.
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1951 3800 1-ton "Earning its keep from the get-go" In the DITY Gallery 1962 261 (w/cam, Fenton headers, 2 carbs, MSD ign.), SM420 & Brown-Lipe 6231A 3spd aux. trans, stock axles & brakes. Owned since 1971.
