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Scampin around

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I bought a whole super six setup from somebody on here. It was awhile ago and dont remember the name, also erased all my pm's which sucks. Seemed like a nice guy, said he had to take it off a car he had and would ship. Like an idiot I didnt even bother looking at them. I wasnt ready to do the swap so I just put the stuff with the other assorted parts that would be going on the car. So know that Im putting it all together I see that the guy has failed to mention when he took the manifold off he snapped 2 bolts and stripped the threads off the other. So now I have useless super six manifold, tapping out bolts in a cast iron sounds like hell. I hate this ****.
 
where are the bolts broke ? Are the broke in the carb holes.... Probably could center punch and use easy out or left handed drill, The stripped ones you can use a heli coil on. to get them back to the original bolt size...I hope this helps
 
chasduster said:
where are the bolts broke ? Are the broke in the carb holes.... Probably could center punch and use easy out or left handed drill, The stripped ones you can use a heli coil on. to get them back to the original bolt size...I hope this helps
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i didnt think bout tell him how to fix it lol oops my bad :coffee2:
 
Don't get rid of that manifold!
Even if you can't fix it yourself with the advice here on the forum, a decent machine shop will be able to take care of it for you.

For the broken bolts, they can be hacksawed off and the remaining part of the bolt can be drilled through and the leftover parts removed.
You might be able to use a helicoil for the stripped out threads.
I haven't done either of these on a cast iron manifold, but it sure it can be done.

Don't worry too much about it - it's another learning opportunity. That's what makes these things interesting.

If you could let us know about your abilities with this kind of stuff, it would help in giving you useful information. Don't let this get you down...you've got a Super Six in your future!
 
RonnyB said:
Don't get rid of that manifold!
Even if you can't fix it yourself with the advice here on the forum, a decent machine shop will be able to take care of it for you.

For the broken bolts, they can be hacksawed off and the remaining part of the bolt can be drilled through and the leftover parts removed.
You might be able to use a helicoil for the stripped out threads.
I haven't done either of these on a cast iron manifold, but it sure it can be done.

Don't worry too much about it - it's another learning opportunity. That's what makes these things interesting.

If you could let us know about your abilities with this kind of stuff, it would help in giving you useful information. Don't let this get you down...you've got a Super Six in your future!
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exactly... a machine shop can have that fixed in no time...
 
I took my j heads to machine shop for broken exhaust bolts and they do a nice job and not too expensive. Watch out drill doesn't walk into the castiron you can ruin things quick if you DIY.
 
I have a hard time believing they snapped and stripped the carb mounting studs. If it's the bolts going into the exhaust manifold, just use your old one instead or have a machine shop remove them for you. Either way, it should be a fairly easy fix.
 
Probably go talk to a machine shop, def can't do it myself. Just sucks when you pay going rate for working parts, and then have to pay to get them fixed.
 
There's no such thing as a "2bbl exhaust manifold"; all the exhaust manifolds are sized alike. The differences that matter are in the choke pocket design, and those are by year, not by carb type.
 
So the guy also ripped the throttle cable out from the firewall so the piece that holds it in place is broken, and the carb is leaking. I basically bought the worst super six setup I could find.
 
If you don't want to or cannot fix yours, I think I have a good exhaust mannyfold.
 
StrokerScamp said:
If you don't want to or cannot fix yours, I think I have a good exhaust mannyfold.
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fixed that, machine shop did it pretty easily. Just frustrating when people sell stuff from here that they claim is perfect working order. My own fault for not checking and thinking that humans are actually worth a damn.
 
if Stroker cant help, i have a single throat 2 barrel of a 318 , if its any use to you. i dont know if it will work on that intake. its a 77 carter BBD
 
Holy christ, if not for bad luck I'd have none at all. So I bought a motor off of craigslist for this car because I found what I was told to be a slant with 2000 miles on it. Bought it, they just got the car started and its running on 5 cylinders. FML is there any honest people left in this world?
 
Scampin around said:
Holy christ, if not for bad luck I'd have none at all. So I bought a motor off of craigslist for this car because I found what I was told to be a slant with 2000 miles on it. Bought it, they just got the car started and its running on 5 cylinders. FML is there any honest people left in this world?
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comp test the weak hole and see how bad it is.

A lil secret about the slant six is that the manifolds can warp and cause leaks at the gasket which can lead to lean cylinders that over heat and burnt exhaust valves. Maybe it just has a burnt valve.

Get a leak down tester from harbor freight and just do a leak down test as well as an initial comp test to see how many lbs it cranks.
 
If you find bad compression anywhere, readjust the valves and check again. It's very common to find tight clearences after a rebuild.
 
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