Hello,
I'm in the process of removing the entire exhaust system from my 75 with the intention of back-dating. I remove all of the exhaust stud nuts and the muffler. It looks like the exhaust tubes are pretty tight against the push-rod tubes.
In addition, the drivers side is not really moving around. Any tips on what I should remove to get the heat exchangers out?
Thanks,
Dan
and a piece of wood to use as a lever......
Dan,
I removed my exhaust system last year...remove the 8 nuts that hold the exhaust pipe/ heat exchanger from the engine...most of them will be easy to get to, remove those first then you can wiggle the heat exchanger a bit which will allow you to get to the hard to get nuts...try to use a thin walled socket (possibly 13mm) I ground down a socket to make it work...after the nuts are off the exhaust should come off of the studs...there is a spacer type washer (oval) between the engine and the heat exchanger...where are you located on Long Island?
Joe
Hey Guys,
Thanks for the tips. I got the passenger's side off with a piece of wood. The PO use a large diameter stud on the drivers side and am having difficulty getting the HE off. I had to heat/cut the nut but now the HE tab is binding on the larger stud. I will work on it tomorrow.
Joe, I'm in New Hyde Park. One of these days we have to meet up, I've got to see your 914.
Dan
QUOTE (solex @ Mar 18 2006, 09:13 PM) |
Hey Guys, Thanks for the tips. I got the passenger's side off with a piece of wood. The PO use a large diameter stud on the drivers side and am having difficulty getting the HE off. I had to heat/cut the nut but now the HE tab is binding on the larger stud. I will work on it tomorrow. Joe, I'm in New Hyde Park. One of these days we have to meet up, I've got to see your 914. Dan |
the worst design ever. too many connections and horribly rusted fasteners. ultimately i just cut it off in sections with a sawsall and angle grinder, leaving just the stub tubes. then it was pbblaster time. i would'nt worry about saving much of the late he'sstuff. very little of the ducting (if any) is going to apply when you install the earlier setup.
k
Finally got the entire system OFF
I needed a digging bar and had to cut a few more nuts, what a pain in the ass.
Any ideas on how to chase the outboard threads on the exhaust ports, looks a little too tight for my die???
Thanks for your suggestions.
Dan
double nut the old studs and carefully remove them. get new ones. a thin wall (1/4" drive) socket works much better torqueing the new setup on. look for the nuts that are the 12mm flavor, not the 13s.
k
Hello all I got the offending stud out. I measured it as 10 x 1.5. Also I measured the "stock" studs and they appear to be 9 x 1.25?
3 questions:
(1) Is the stock stud 8 x 1.25 or 9 x 1.25?
(2) Where can I get a step stud for this application?
(3) Do I use loctite on the studs?
Thanks,
Dan
you're a week ahead of me..........
my stuff is coming off next weekend.
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