From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Fri Aug 27 2004 - 08:05:52 PDT
Joe...been running the burned manifolds over a belt sander now for 25
years with good success. I can't tell you a name brand belt sander cause
I made this one and the last one too...but they are just a belt with a
long piece of flatiron behind it running probably 3500/5000 sfpm. The
belt is 2 to 4" wide and 72" long. You could probably run one of those
portable belt sanders across the engine block side...but you had better
stuff rags in the ports to be safe. I've also used furnace/muffler
cement in a pinch...like out on the old tractor bush hogging and have
the gasket burn out...to keep it from getting worse so I wouldn't have
to do the above. Fred Martin
JoeYoungInc@aol.com wrote:
> Mike,
> You'll probably find that the mating surfaces of the manifolds
> have been ate away, ruining the manifolds. Probably fixable,
> but hardly worth it. In any case, if you are planning on using mismatched manifolds, they will have to be planed. Install the gasket, assemble and align the manifolds the best you can and take to a shop. Leave the bolts just snug until after you bolt the manifolds to the block. If you decide to use a gasket sealer, high temp exhaust manifold silicone should work. I wouldn't bring the motor up to temp for a couple of reasons. The exhaust manifold would be really hot and make it difficult to work on and there's the possibility of warping as it cools and the bolts are loose. For me, the lesson of mismatched manifolds was long...
> Joe Young
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