DAKSY wrote:
See? I'm replying to your post :-P
> Hey, DML!
>
> Need some info...Anybody know the thread pitch & length of the bolts at
> manifold/exhaust pipe flange?
Nope
> The DAKSY started to roar this AM & I shut er down to attend to other
> things...like finishing the siding on the
> A-frame ...NO MORE 40 FT LADDER!
No Ladders = Good Thing (TM)
> As everybody who's been here a while knows, my attempts at flight have
> yielded disastrous results!
I also advise against ammature attempts at being a submarine captain...
> Anyhoo, a bud & myself took a peek underneath & there were the remains of
> one of the bolts & one is MIA...
Never seen a bolt just drop out of the flange before... but I guess its
possible obviously.
> the remaining one is so MAHTZOED that I can't even SEE a thread no less use
> a pitch gage on it.
First of all let me congradulate you on your wonderful selection of
words such as "MAHTZOED" - I really laughed when I read that LOL
> We managed to locate a coupla substitutes, but if I can get the correct
> grade - without traveling to CPDW to the parts dept., I feel much better.
For things such as exhaust flange bolts - there is no need to get the
vasoline out in preperation for a trip to a Stealership...
> The remaining bolt DID manage to keep the donut in place.
I was not aware the GenIII's used exhaust flange donut gaskets. My Gen
I and II's were all of "flared" style seal. The Y pipe sealed up
agaisnt the exhaust manifold.
> This is all on the left side - above the oil filter...
Don't you have a 3.9 V6, Bob? Unless things really changed that I don't
know about... um - the oil filter should be on the passenger side??
> if the right side
> bolts are the same, I might as well replace them, too, before they disappear
> & take the donut on THAT side with em...
> TIA!
>
As has already been said, regular ole grade 8 hardware will work just
fine. Thats what I used to join up the Y-pipe and manifolds on
Christine. Bolts, washers, lock washers and nuts - all in grade 8
strength.
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