Re: cracked exhaust manifold on 232
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Re: cracked exhaust manifold on 232



I followed the TSB you sent to me, the intake is flat. I know I need to set the idle in Drive,just haven't done it yet. The "roughness" isn't so much the way the engine runs(the engine piulses sound nice and smooth coming out of the tailpipe), but that it shakes more than I think it should at idle. I was thinking "Vibration damper". ?????

Jay
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Haas" <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: cracked exhaust manifold on 232



Jay,

You usually set the curb idle speed on a car with an automatic while it's in drive. Did you have the intake manifold checked to make sure it's flat? Did you follow the torque sequence from the TSB information I posted (http://www.mattsoldcars.com/RestoreAmerican/loose_intake.shtml)? Also, I have a much better idle now with just the intake gasket than I did with using the combination gasket. Finally, did you try adjusting the fuel mixture? A lean or very rich mixture can cause the engine to run rough.

Matt

At 07:46 PM 4/12/2005 -0400, you wrote:
Boy, I changed my maniufold yesterday on my American and the darn thing about fell apart when I unbolted it from the block. It had all kinds of cracks, some hair-line and some quite wide and long. Car sounds a lot quieter now but doesn;t idle any smoother.

When I set the idle in Park at a rather fast 700 rpm, when i put it in Drive and the engine slows down, it almost gets loping and rough. I can't seem to get a "compromise" setting that will be fairly smooth in Drive and still not jump into gear when I take it out of Park and put it in Drive. Any ideas what I might try with this situation?


Jay Laek Placid, FL.






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