 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: 3,933 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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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 i did his same conversion except with non-ss HE... Oct 29 2007, 09:23 PM rjames
i did his same conversion except with non-ss HE... Oct 29 2007, 09:52 PM arvcube
Just curious, is your leak on the side where the ... Oct 29 2007, 10:35 PM  |
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