yeah I think I may just get a spare set, just in case.

Thanks for the tip

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1 way to sum up the 197 is like sex, you build upto the best bit and when it eventually happens it only last a few seconds but you always want to do it again!
Poor Orange Si is hurt. Started first time after sitting for 3 weeks and with virtually no petrol in it

good thinking woods, iirc the nuts you get new from ford are copper looking things, been a long time since i bought new ones

worth buying a new set as well, as saod above just make sure you soak them with WD40 the night before

100 for a manifold gasket m8 it will only take u 20 mins spray some wd40 on the bolts leave the mto soka over night then go back to them try undoing the nuts its a 13mm socket 10 off them and clean the surfaces u shud be fine gasket round £7

Double that for me I'm mechanically inept especially with my dud right hand atm. Cut it up nicely when I was sorting the electrics behind the dash earlier (fog light, heater switch and stereo)

Onto my nest question.
A decent ford spares shop in Kent?
Hopefully within an hour of the M25 junction 6.
Don't mind it being a bit of a longer drive now I've sorted somethings out with the car.

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1 way to sum up the 197 is like sex, you build upto the best bit and when it eventually happens it only last a few seconds but you always want to do it again!
Poor Orange Si is hurt. Started first time after sitting for 3 weeks and with virtually no petrol in it

- Exhaust Manifold Gasket = £8.00 something
- Nuts = £82p per item (9 in total)
- Studs = £1.72 per item (9 in total).

it is quite costly to buy all new ...i'd personally get a few spare studs and nuts incase.
I done mine today and it was a big time pain in the ass. Reason being i didn't remove the manifold - i levered it away from the head to remove a stud (threaded for some reason). Anyway, generally the bolts wont' be to bad and if your lucky you won't have problems. I'd get a decent 'deep' 13mm socker though as it takes an age with spanners. Other than that plenty of WD40.

Hope this helps.
Andy

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RR - TBC

do you not have a ford parts place near to you then? the only ones i know of around near me are in redhill and crawley

when i used the one in redhill ages ago, the dudes there were mongs , the one in crawley is ok, but they one guy did have issues knowing what a mk1 frs was

let us know how you get on

always have a can of WD40 handy. Stuff is good for most things.

Thanks for the prices of the bolts an studs. know roughly how much its going to cost now.
Someone remembered a ford place in catford so going to get the bits for it monday.

i will let you know how i get on

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1 way to sum up the 197 is like sex, you build upto the best bit and when it eventually happens it only last a few seconds but you always want to do it again!
Poor Orange Si is hurt. Started first time after sitting for 3 weeks and with virtually no petrol in it

just re-read my post above and realised it made no sense at all...thats what beer does.

What i mean buy didn't remove the manifold, just levered it away from the head - i did remove the manifold from cylinder head, just kept everything else attached (i.e. down pipe etc), so it was very manoeuvreable once all nuts had been removed. this made removing the dodgy stud a nightmare due to space requirements.

Lol hope that clears it up

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RR - TBC

ok think I got what you mean on that one.
Either way makes sense to me, I've never done anything with a manifold before

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1 way to sum up the 197 is like sex, you build upto the best bit and when it eventually happens it only last a few seconds but you always want to do it again!
Poor Orange Si is hurt. Started first time after sitting for 3 weeks and with virtually no petrol in it

ok so went to pick up the bits today but half are missing. They should be there for me to pick up in the morning with any luck.

Does anyone know where I can find the section that refers to changing or removing this section of the exhaust in the haynes manual.
I'm having a hard time finding it.

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1 way to sum up the 197 is like sex, you build upto the best bit and when it eventually happens it only last a few seconds but you always want to do it again!
Poor Orange Si is hurt. Started first time after sitting for 3 weeks and with virtually no petrol in it

"Fuel & Exhaust Systems" has been chapter 4 in every Haynes book of lies I've ever looked at!

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Some people are like slinkies. Not really good for anything, but bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs!

From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.

I feel like a right thick one I've actually read through that chapter and still can't find it
it does reference removing the exhaust but not the bit I'm after, nothing like going in blind I suppose

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1 way to sum up the 197 is like sex, you build upto the best bit and when it eventually happens it only last a few seconds but you always want to do it again!
Poor Orange Si is hurt. Started first time after sitting for 3 weeks and with virtually no petrol in it

you just got to undo the downpipe nuts with the springs on, just take note on how they come undone

then soak all the nuts on the manifold with w40 then go back and undo them all, remove the manifold and gasket and put your new manifold gasket on and then put the manifold back on and connect and do the downpipe back up

only thing that might end up being a pain is the EGR , i hate thing thing with a passion

i dont think i took any pic's when i did mine

nevermind.

Went to the place today and the bloke behind the counter had ordered the wrong bolts (I knew as I'd just replaced both of the ones with the spring on previously) He then tried to convince me they were the right ones/
The only thing correct was the gasket, nothing else was. Also he'd charged me for the downpipe thing and it hadn't turned up.
Fed up with being messed around, so just said give me my deposit back and left.

I'm now going to pay for the garage to do it, even though its going to cost me double

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1 way to sum up the 197 is like sex, you build upto the best bit and when it eventually happens it only last a few seconds but you always want to do it again!
Poor Orange Si is hurt. Started first time after sitting for 3 weeks and with virtually no petrol in it