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#50422 09/21/2005 6:33 PM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 210 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 210 | My intake is holding the exhaust manifold away from the head. Even when the bolts between the 2 are loostened. My question is, can I take the whole thing to a machine shop and have the intake taken down so they are flush? Is there another fix I'm not thinking of? I know I will have the probably have to shave the rings that go between the intake and head too.
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#50423 09/21/2005 7:02 PM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | Jim,
A automotive machine shop can surface your manifolds. The usual procedure would be to bolt them together with a new gasket in the position you want them. Take them to the shop and they are surfaced TOGETHER as a unit. Could there be any other reason that the exhaust manifold won't pull up to the head?
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#50424 09/21/2005 7:52 PM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 210 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 210 | No I don't think so. Thanks, I thought that would do the trick!
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#50425 09/21/2005 8:04 PM | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 90 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 90 | make sure that the exhaust pipe is not acting as a long lever and might have moved from it's under truck attachments, thus pulling the short end (at the engine) away from the block causing an air leak.
Gooday
Jim
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#50426 09/21/2005 8:12 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | I've machined them both ways, and I've found it's easier to set up and machine them accurately if the manifolds are done separately. Leave the intake/exhaust attaching bolts at the heat riser area slightly loose while the manifolds are being tightened against the head, then tighten these bolts last. You're probably dealing with a badly warped exhaust manifold due to heat.
Jerry
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#50427 09/22/2005 12:57 AM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 210 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 210 | Yeh I've loosened and tightened everything(without the exhaust pipes attached) and still a lot of room for air leak. My 52 GMC has the same problem also but it is much less severe.
Probably have that one done too.
I'll let the machine shop guys decide if they want the thing put together or not.
Thanks guys, I get smarter every time I post on this thing!
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