<VV> RE: Exhaust tube replacement: I stand corrected, I guess

[Cliff]

I'd agree with Bob on this, even though as mentioned earlier, I replaced the
"notorious #5" on my 140 with head in tact. 

My reasons were: First, the engine is temporary, I hope, and hence did not
want to invest the time and money. Second, as far as I know the heads have
never been touched, and the engine has great compression on all 6. And
finally almost all the cylinder head studs are badly corroded and I am
afraid I would be backing studs out and generally making a huge mess. 

The engine was on the bench at the time, standing on the bell housing and
with the rocker studs and push rod tubes out, it was a fairly easy fix and
took less than 15 minutes start to finish, not counting the fact that I put
the replacement tube in the freezer the night before. 

Cliff Tibbitts
Lexington, 

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Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 9:58 AM
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Subject: Re: <VV> RE: Exhaust tube replacement: I stand corrected, I guess

Craig,  I'd agree with your original advice.  We all can do  things that 
aren't by the book and make them work well (for our personal use),  but
unless the 
owner is a dyed in the wool Corvair guy with lots of hands on  experience
the 
result will not be good.  I might have replaced no. 5 stack  without pulling

the head in the past, but now (with my present time constraints  etc.) I
would 
replace the head with a good one or pull the old one and  replace the stack 
by the book.  Especially if it wasn't my car.
 
Bob



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