fyton2v
SILVER Star
It takes me such a long time to get around to recreational wrenching. I’ve finally tackled the exhaust leak at that shaft in the exhaust manifold heat riser. My truck is only out and about on weekends so I procrastinated on this repair for YEARS. Also, while the manifolds were off, I cleaned and rebuilt the carburetor. And I now know why my 2F seemed to lack oomph in 3rd and 4th… I’m pretty sure I know why. I do not believe my vacuum secondary was air tight before disassembly.
Anyhow, I took out the leaky manifold flap-shaft and added some bolts in the holes left behind. I’m going to use that SOR blocking plate instead of making an attempt at adding new bushings to the shaft and deal with the more leaks down the road. I basically copied the fix from @Chestcutter ’s post on the same topic.
Here’s a pic before it goes back on. I used VHT’s very high temp paint in “aluminum” and “cast iron” colors, naturally.
Anyhow, I took out the leaky manifold flap-shaft and added some bolts in the holes left behind. I’m going to use that SOR blocking plate instead of making an attempt at adding new bushings to the shaft and deal with the more leaks down the road. I basically copied the fix from @Chestcutter ’s post on the same topic.
Here’s a pic before it goes back on. I used VHT’s very high temp paint in “aluminum” and “cast iron” colors, naturally.