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| RE: 428 Exhaust Leaks |
| By salid - 10/15/2004 9:38:05 PM; IP 24.116.118.74 |
It's real tight in there, isn't it. I had the same problem with headers. First, be real patient. Get some good quality flex joints for your sockets. Get more than one, some folks have been known to break them. Try taking out the long bolt in the motor mount, one side at a time and then rock the engine up on one side with a jack under the oil pan. Protect the pan so you wont ding it. Yes, you do need to loosen the bolts in the transmission crossover. When I did this the first time, I went to Sears and got a 1/4 inch drive socket set and a hand full of flex joints. I bought it intending to "use it up" on that project. I took the correct size socket to the grinder and ground it down so the it was just deep enough for the bolt head. That gave me a little more room for the flex joint to fit. I'm really old and mature now, so I don't swear anymore, but that seemed to help at the timmme. &%#$, did I spell that wrong? Wait a minute, maybe I'm not as old as I thought.
By the way, try some some of those wrinkle type lock washers, so you wont get to do this again next year. |
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