Re: [AMC-list] Exhaust pipe gasket help needed

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My son has a 97 Cavalier Z-24. We installed a stainless steel header and
exhaust on the car.
The header had a ball end and a "socket" on the down pipe. It had two three
bolt flanges that held it together.
I thought for sure it would be a leaky spot, but it's been well over a year
since we installed the stainless
exhaust and so far so good. Oh I guess what I was getting at is that the
ball end is still around and some
fabrication shops still use it.............but might be difficult to find
one.

Armand


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom jennings" <tomj@xxxxxxx>
To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Exhaust pipe gasket help needed


> Unfortunately, that ball end is unique, and I don't think an ordinary
> muffler shop today can make one. When I had an exhaust put on my 63
> american, the shop welded pipe directly to the bolt on flange! I didn't
> think to say anything beforehand and I didn't notice for a couple of
months
> afterwards. (I'll never use that shop again.)
>
> The hole in the cast manifold has a deep bevel that the ball end sits in.
> Some later AMC sixes have the opposite, a cone at the end, so that the
> muffler shop just flares a pipe end, and the flange holds it on. A much
> better system.
>
> Not sure what a solution for the 195.6 is, but it will be custom made.
>
> Possibly, NAPA sells ball end exhaust stubs. They sell flared stubs. Then
> the shop could weld one on.
>
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 08:48, Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > There is no gasket. The "ball" end of the head pipe just tightens up
into
> > the tapered "socket" on the end of the manifold.
>
>
>
> >
> > From: mask1966@xxxxxxx
> >
> > I know many of you with early 60's Ramblers with the 196 OHV engine have
> > experience removing/installing the exhaust system.?
> >
>
> -- 
> All of your arguments are invalid.
> Enjoy your unstable system.
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