Exhaust Manifold

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Tue May 22, 2007 12:36 pm

Not that hard beside getting anti freeze in your eye and usually scrapping the skin off your knuckles.

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Tue May 22, 2007 12:43 pm

Gary57 wrote:Not that hard beside getting anti freeze in your eye and usually scrapping the skin off your knuckles.

hahahaha.

i'm not alone.

DrG - it helps to have a size 19 ratchet-type spanner. to get to the water lines more easily. it would normally help to have a size 14 one too, but the nissan engineers made sure to leave too little space to fit a fantastic tool like that!

so it does take some time to turn a nut about 5 degrees, then remove the spanner and turn it over, then put it back onto the nut, then turn another 5 degrees... and so on, and so on!

horrible job!

Doctor G · Post by **Doctor G** » Tue May 22, 2007 12:52 pm

LOL

I've been into the DIY thing a lot lately, but judging by the above comments, I will have to make se the following method:

tools required:
telephone
calibrator's number
couple of blue notes

method:
get in car
drive car to calibrator
leave car
pick up car later

let me know if I'm missing any steps here please.

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Tue May 22, 2007 12:54 pm

Great method, if you stick to that you will never look back.

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Tue May 22, 2007 12:55 pm

depending on the number of blue notes, you can substitute "calibrator" with "VeeCee".

i could use a little extra cash!

Doctor G · Post by **Doctor G** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:16 pm

ha ha......... may just take you up on that offer Vaughn. As long as the end result is the same.

kinda hoping it's leaking somewhere other than against the head. Although I do have those exhasut manifold gaskets from Nissan laying in my drawer.

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:26 pm

I hate removing it... really do... its a kak job...

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:28 pm

Vlade wrote:I hate removing it... really do... its a kak job...

Its putting it back that usually gets to me

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:30 pm

The STD manifold is easy, once you have fitted a tubular manifold you will miss how easy the std one actually was.

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:39 pm

never again!
http://200sx.za.net/200sx/index.php?opt ... &Itemid=28

unless i just lift the bodyshell off of the chassis

Doctor G · Post by **Doctor G** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:40 pm

The ratchet type spanners normally have a much larger outer "ring". Will ratchet gaurantee to ease the job or willit be a case where the outer ring is too big to get into the space in the first place?

Doctor G · Post by **Doctor G** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:44 pm

oh and looks like I too will need an avatar of t1t$ or a$$ to complete my 200sx forum experience... LOL

windowmakeer your avatar is distracting. I keep forgetting what I was about to post...

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:50 pm

unless i just lift the bodyshell off of the chassis

Bodyshell?? Chassis?? Ever hear of a Monocoque Chassis??

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Tue May 22, 2007 2:12 pm

hey! this is a family forum - leave the cocks out of this!

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Tue May 22, 2007 2:12 pm

for fuck sakes!