Chestcutter
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After having a lot of fun driving the truck and teaching my son to love 4 on the floor, I got tired of breathing exhaust fumes in the cab and knowing that intake leak was making it impossible to tune properly. @Dianna's Post re: exhaust manifold replacement inspired me to stop procrastinating and get to it.
Many thanks to @fjc-man for the suggestion to take the left fender off. Which made a painful project less so.
First time in the garage with the hood up in a couple weeks:
Taking off the Vac switching valve, which isn't doing anything with the desmog. With the wire harness out and half the grille disconnected I might as well do the headlight upgrade while I'm waiting for parts
Fender off - much easier access. Nice to be able to sit on the tire and work
Carb off and evaporating residual gas into the cool spring air
Manifold looks good so far with no cracks
Reaching the rear exhaust bolt is a huge pain. Took the heater hose off and debating removing the fitting, but managed to get them out
Exhaust flange nuts remarkably came out with no fanfare, so ready to pull
And it is pretty obvious where the exhaust leaks are.
Off and ready for disassembly
Many thanks to @fjc-man for the suggestion to take the left fender off. Which made a painful project less so.
First time in the garage with the hood up in a couple weeks:
Taking off the Vac switching valve, which isn't doing anything with the desmog. With the wire harness out and half the grille disconnected I might as well do the headlight upgrade while I'm waiting for parts
Carb off and evaporating residual gas into the cool spring air
Manifold looks good so far with no cracks
Reaching the rear exhaust bolt is a huge pain. Took the heater hose off and debating removing the fitting, but managed to get them out
Exhaust flange nuts remarkably came out with no fanfare, so ready to pull
And it is pretty obvious where the exhaust leaks are.
Off and ready for disassembly