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Crusader 350 exhaust manifold & elbow replacement
- Thread starter 87 cruisers
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Originally posted by Dave H
I have always used anti-sieze on all my marine screw, nuts, bolts etc. Never had one come loose if properly tightened.
Ditto that! If it is a bolt that goes into a water jacket it gets #2 Permatex. Everything else gets Never-Sieze.
Anyone got a trick for removing the old style Crusader risers from the manifold? Mine don't want to come off, and I'm afraid I will damage the mating surface if I jam something between them as a lever. Because of their shape, I can only hammer on one side.
One of mine was stuck super tight on the studs. I banged with a 2x4 until I was bloody from the scrapes and blue from the lack of oxygen, worked on it for four days and it never budged. I finally went to Harbor Freight and purchased a 4 pound small sledge. The very first whack and I saw a little cloud of dust rise from each stud. Man the mental relief that gave me I can't even describe because I was fed up. All studs got a liberal coating of anti seize for the replacement.
there usally are two issues one first need to break the seal a sledge hit in a oblique direction will fracture seal next the studs are in the exhaust passages the get caked with carbon and the riser will not slide so easy still a lot pb blaster and pounding use of pry bar not marring surface and if you can pull out studs will need to use double nut to lock for you can unthread them from manifold they eventualy come off if all else fails remove manifolds work off boat where you have more room