Saturday, July 2, 2011

Top End Rebuild - Day 24

About 3hrs today and I have the rest of the fuel system connected and the passenger's side exhaust manifold installed. Fitting the exhaust is a real pain. Because of the clearance you have to thread the bottom studs into the engine only once the exhaust has been hung using the top bolts. All the exhaust manifold gaskets are identical so there is no risk of mixing up the gaskets. My hands are pretty raw and full of metal splinters. Not a fun job.

Getting very close to completion. Remaining items are the driver's side exhaust manifold, electronics, ancillaries, radiator and the secondary firewall. I'm hoping to do a first start next weekend.

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