Re: [MV] exhaust bolts

chance wolf wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stu Ellis" <stuinnh@mvnut.us>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 12:55 PM
> Subject: [MV] exhaust bolts
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> > I have found the really interesting part is getting the bolts
> > out without breaking them off.[/color]
>
> Yes. Not fun. They seem to have a model-wide problem with the bolts breaking
> of their own accord at the far front and far rear of the manifold, but I've
> had one go at the base of the manifold too. There's a kit available from, I
> think, Frank's Surplus, which gives you replacement stainless-steel bolts,
> the gaskets, and some graphite goop to do the reinstallation.[/color]

That would be the manifold leak kit that we stock at [url]www.flmv.net[/url]
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> In general I
> like the kit, but have found that though the stainless bolts are a lot
> easier to remove once they've snapped off - they're also more likely to snap
> off, too. Guess that's one of the metallurgical trade-offs you can't do
> much about.
>
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