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Back at it this morning. I did my best to get in Chuck's way, but that didn't stop him from getting the last of the flanges off the heads. Mission accomplished there. Chuck was able to double nut some of the studs and back them off. Heat helped, but it wasn't the "be all end all". We broke one stud that wasn't coming out on its own anyway. Such is life.
Howie's rig up on the lift.


Heat got the remnants of the "f" pipe flanges off. #3 was bad. This port had the really bad leak.


You've got to love OSHA Chuck: "Don't pick it up when it falls off!"


Double nut and back them off. "Patience!"


Step studs. 9mm going into the head (top) and 8mm (bottom) where the nuts are located. We're going to have to find new studs tomorrow. Maybe Mick at Euclid Foreign.


While I was under there I reached up and pulled out one of Howie's flapper boxes. Well, at least the flapper still works! BTW, Nice shoes Howie!


We'll probably be back at it tomorrow.

Six Volt wrote:I did my best to get in Chuck's way

Sean would say, "That's not coming off like that", and Chuck would say, "Oh yes it is!".
Sean would say, "We are gonna need to pull the heads", and Chuck would say, "NO we won't!".
In between, Sean was busy dismantling my flapper and thermostat by hand! It was quite an entertaining & educational morning!

Why don't you buy a real camera?

Glad to see everybody is keeping busy back home fixing things. Euclid has all sorts of replacement step studs. That's where Glen orders them from if he needs them.

Dual Port wrote:Why don't you buy a real camera?

Chuck says the same thing! I'm still learning the I-Phone!

Hmmm... I wonder if we couldn't have robbed some studs from one of those 2 center motors on the top shelf?

By golly it's DONE and boy is it ever QUIET! I felt like I was driving someone else's bus!
A HUGE thanks to Chuck, Sean, Josh, Matt and most ESPECIALLY to my very generous parts donor!!! It was truly a group effort by the club, and your kindness in getting me back on the road is appreciated immensely!


When I got home from Chuck's I could smell something burning. Something is either melting (old oil or grease?), or oil is coming out, of the #1 port and running down the exhaust bend, and smoking pretty good. Any ideas? I can't get to a good angle to see precisely where it's coming from.

Smelled like anti-sieze when we fired it up lastnight. Chuck did give the new studs a healthy dose.

So it's anti-sieze coming off/melting off?