Re: replacing exhaust manifold...any good sites?

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09-12-2003, 02:52 PM

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Mike Romain

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Re: replacing exhaust manifold...any good sites?

Canadians use the same term as you.

First time I ever heard 'zerk' fittings was on the net.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Dave Milne wrote:
>
> "grease my nipples" (you call them zerk fittings)
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara
>
> "Joe" <jo_ratner@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3f61d048@shknews01...
> : "Your best advice is to check the nuts with your fingers on a cold engine"
> : Now if that isn't the dirtiest non-dirty mechanical line, I don't know
> what
> : is...
> :
> : "TJim" <jim@ranlet.nospam.com> wrote in message
> : news:iLCdnSgIzLWij_yiXTWJkA@comcast.com...
> : > Sure, did you ever try to check your nuts with your fingers on a cold
> : day???
> : > Good luck finding them!
> : > ;)
> : >
> : > "Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> : > news:vm1soatioatv33@corp.supernews.com...
> : > >
> : > > > Those manifolds just don't crack very often. Go have a close look
> and
> : > > > even just try the nuts with your fingers on a cold engine, my bet is
> : > > > some will be finger loose, or the washers will be.
> : > > >
> : > >
> : > > You can say that they don't crack very often, but the truth is that
> they
> : > > crack nearly the entire length of the collector where all 6 tubes come
> : > into
> : > > 1. That said, you give several good suggestions that should be looked
> at
> : > > first, but that manifold is definitely prone to cracking.
> : > >
> : > > Your best advice is to check the nuts with your fingers on a cold
> engine
> : > ...
> : > > ;-)
> : > >
> : > >
> : >
> : >
> :
> :