[ROVERNET - UK] Manifold sins and wickedness

[Alan Gale]

I thought of removing the head with the manifold attached, but i have 
the same access problem with the last head stud, which is also on the 
same corner of the engine and is similarly occluded.  (this is the lh 
side, as you look at the car .... the rh side if one is sitting at the 
wheel).
Mine is a manual, so there is a lot of extra stuff in that corner 
(clutch piping and cylinders), and the reserve switch is also in the way.

I think undoing the engine mounts and jacking it up is the only solution 
(bearing in mind it is all going to have to go on again and I am going 
to need clear access for this).

Ho hummm

alan

Ron Morey wrote:

> Alan, Not having been up close and personal with a P6B for 
> awhile...are you able to remove the head with the manifold. ie: 
> seperate the downpipe from the manifold? The other option is to loosen 
> the motor mount and see if you can jack it up a bit as you have 
> already suggested. All the best. Ron.>From: Alan Gale <agale at ihug.com.au>
>
>> Reply-To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] manifold madness
>> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 02:24:10 +1000
>>
>> It's two in the morning and i have paused with frustration.  Am in 
>> the middle of removing the heads off the P6 so they can be overhauled 
>> while i fit new rings this week.
>>
>> The lh rear exhaust manifold stud on my P6 is so cramped that it is 
>> impossible to remove .... any hints?  Evem my sneaky bent ring 
>> spanner which fixes most of these tight ones does not get in there.
>> I have the head off the rh side of the engine .... plenty of room all 
>> around the manifold and the head studs there.
>> But the lh side is squashed up hard against the chassis rail, etc.
>>
>> Any thoughts?  am thinking of undoing the engine mounts and jacking 
>> up the engine to get some clearance.  Any other thoughts from those 
>> who have been through this?  and don't say "remove the engine" - that 
>> is not an option, tho i fear it may become one.  I cannot think of 
>> another way of getting at these studs.
>>
>> Putting them all back is going to be worse.
>>
>> alan gale
>>
>>
>>
>>
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