The next door neighbor's 16 year old kid is building his first car as a father/son project. A "1967 Dodge Dart GT convertible with a 440ci and 4 speed". His dad is pitching in with the expertise and a little cash, but all the little extra's the son wants, he has to buy or do with out. So the son came over to me asking if I had anything he could do to earn a few bucks. So I said sure, I haven't had the chance to switch the cracked exhaust manifold out on the Xr7 Convertible, how about that? I gave him the keys to the cougar and he started on it bright and early this morning. He finally got the broken one off, and it came out in 3 pieces /forums/images/icons/shocked.gif.
So he went to grab the one I have sitting on another 351W, and found it to be cracked as well /forums/images/icons/mad.gif. Are these things know for cracking all the time? I've rarely have had any problems with the 289/302 manifolds. Anyway I've got two more out at the storage yard, but the yard owner is on vacation until Monday, so It looks like I will have to buy one if I want to get it done by the weekend.
And here I thought I could win this kid over to Fords & Mercs, once he saw how much easier it is to work on the Cougar! Oh Well!
So he went to grab the one I have sitting on another 351W, and found it to be cracked as well /forums/images/icons/mad.gif. Are these things know for cracking all the time? I've rarely have had any problems with the 289/302 manifolds. Anyway I've got two more out at the storage yard, but the yard owner is on vacation until Monday, so It looks like I will have to buy one if I want to get it done by the weekend.
And here I thought I could win this kid over to Fords & Mercs, once he saw how much easier it is to work on the Cougar! Oh Well!