Re: Ken's 1937 120 Touring Sedan
Posted by Ken_P On 2020/5/22 16:30:12
Got the manifolds back from the machine shop, and they are beautiful.
1. Finished the front end work. New wheel seal fit like a charm once I had the right part, greased the wheel bearings, and put it all back together.
2. Installed the new manifolds. Apparently someone had taken a DA sander or something similar to the exhaust manifold in the past, and the machinist had to take quite a bit off to square everything up. About 0.040" he said. He took enough that I had to adjust the bracket that holds the air filter to the engine slightly!
First time I had the engine running since replacing the front mount, and I wasn't overly pleased with the amount of motion I'm still getting. Rear mount service may be in my near future.
Also - I still have a freaking exhaust leak! I can feel exhaust coming from the backside of the exhaust manifold on the hotbox joint. I loosened everything up, found the machinist had put the gasket metal side to intake. I loosened everything up, slipped the old (brand new) gasket out, and a better NOS gasket in, metal side towards the exhaust manifold. Verified my bolts weren't bottoming out (they aren't), tightened the three hot box bolts, and them retightened the manifold nuts, working center out.
Still leaks. Any help? I really don't want to pull it all apart again, and I know it's square. The leak is on the rear outer corner of the hot box joint.
Also got the new tail light ring installed, so I'm ready to drive it once I get this exhaust leak sorted and the floor mat installed.
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1. Finished the front end work. New wheel seal fit like a charm once I had the right part, greased the wheel bearings, and put it all back together.
2. Installed the new manifolds. Apparently someone had taken a DA sander or something similar to the exhaust manifold in the past, and the machinist had to take quite a bit off to square everything up. About 0.040" he said. He took enough that I had to adjust the bracket that holds the air filter to the engine slightly!
First time I had the engine running since replacing the front mount, and I wasn't overly pleased with the amount of motion I'm still getting. Rear mount service may be in my near future.
Also - I still have a freaking exhaust leak! I can feel exhaust coming from the backside of the exhaust manifold on the hotbox joint. I loosened everything up, found the machinist had put the gasket metal side to intake. I loosened everything up, slipped the old (brand new) gasket out, and a better NOS gasket in, metal side towards the exhaust manifold. Verified my bolts weren't bottoming out (they aren't), tightened the three hot box bolts, and them retightened the manifold nuts, working center out.
Still leaks. Any help? I really don't want to pull it all apart again, and I know it's square. The leak is on the rear outer corner of the hot box joint.
Also got the new tail light ring installed, so I'm ready to drive it once I get this exhaust leak sorted and the floor mat installed.
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