 Out with the old, in with the older, SS exchangers replacing '75 crapola |
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| rjames |
 Oct 27 2007, 02:34 PM
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I'm made of metal  Group: Members Posts: 3,954 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Shoreline, WA Member No.: 4,467 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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Finally got the old exchangers off. What a gigantic PITA. I figured they'd fall right off after removing the exhaust stud bolts, but noooooooo. It took about 1 hour of coaxing per side (and a ton of cursing) before they let go.
Here's the old: (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)  |
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| arvcube |
Oct 29 2007, 09:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 25-September 07 From: poway, ca Member No.: 8,147 |
i did his same conversion except with non-ss HE's and I felt a difference in performance. I do have a small exhaust leak on the driver side. can't seem to get rid of it. am wondering if maybe the head surface is compromised because i can't get it to seal correctly even with new copper gaskets. I did have to helicoil one stud because one of the old studs came out with the threads...
those ss HE's are nice!! |
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| rjames |
Oct 29 2007, 09:52 PM
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I'm made of metal Group: Members Posts: 3,954 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Shoreline, WA Member No.: 4,467 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(arvcube @ Oct 29 2007, 08:23 PM)  i did his same conversion except with non-ss HE's and I felt a difference in performance. I do have a small exhaust leak on the driver side. can't seem to get rid of it. am wondering if maybe the head surface is compromised because i can't get it to seal correctly even with new copper gaskets. I did have to helicoil one stud because one of the old studs came out with the threads... those ss HE's are nice!! Just curious, is your leak on the side where the helicoil is? In my searches here I've seen both negative and positive posts regarding going the helicoil route. I hate exhaust leaks! |
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Posts in this topic
rjames Out with the old, in with the older Oct 27 2007, 02:34 PM
rjames And here's the new (to me), courtesy of my fri... Oct 27 2007, 02:42 PM Headrage I never heated the crush gaskets and had no sealin... Oct 27 2007, 03:38 PM Cevan I'd be interested to hear what difference the ... Oct 27 2007, 04:30 PM messix heating the copper gaskets anneals [softens] the m... Oct 27 2007, 04:37 PM Cevan I also got this exhaust with the heat exchangers. ... Oct 27 2007, 04:48 PM jk76.914 I annealed my copper rings per this article-
http... Oct 27 2007, 05:43 PM rjames
Yup, did the magnet test, and it didn't stic... Oct 27 2007, 06:44 PM
jk76.914
A couple of other questions:
1) Should I attem... Oct 27 2007, 07:10 PM rhodyguy all stainless, nice. enjoy the heat. the up side t... Oct 27 2007, 07:27 PM Dave_Darling The heater stuff all bolts up after you get the ex... Oct 27 2007, 10:03 PM rjames
Thanks Dave, glad to hear this as it will make i... Oct 28 2007, 01:46 PM rhodyguy rob, if you go to costco, they sell a product name... Oct 28 2007, 01:56 PM rjames
Excellent! Thanks Kevin! Oct 29 2007, 02:47 PM ChrisNPDrider Good idea to test fit the ducting before installin... Oct 29 2007, 03:12 PM arvcube
Just curious, is your leak on the side where the ... Oct 29 2007, 10:35 PM |
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