454XLi exhaust manifold replacement 96 Carver 400

km1125 · Post by **km1125** » July 12th, 2019, 5:30 pm

I do not envy you salt-water guys when it comes to stuff like this!!

hausherrs · Post by **hausherrs** » July 13th, 2019, 1:08 pm

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. More to come.

km1125 · Post by **km1125** » July 13th, 2019, 1:33 pm

Well, it looks like it came off!!!

What would worry me though... is all that rust inside the exhaust passage in both the manifold and the head!

Maybe that's what they mean by "Salt Life!"??

bud37 · Post by **bud37** » July 14th, 2019, 10:59 am

Looks like maybe some reversion in that one cylinder exhaust ( hard to tell maybe #5 ).....how does that spark plug look compared to the others??

Hopefully minor and will get dealt with after installing all the new parts....

hausherrs · Post by **hausherrs** » July 21st, 2019, 5:24 pm

The plug in cylinder 5 looks the same as the others.

bud37 wrote:QR_BBPOST .....how does that spark plug look compared to the others??

hausherrs · Post by **hausherrs** » July 21st, 2019, 5:26 pm

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bud37 · Post by **bud37** » July 21st, 2019, 8:38 pm

My only hope for your sake is you kept the carpet clean....

Looks good....

km1125 · Post by **km1125** » July 22nd, 2019, 1:00 pm

Looks good!!

Curious what that plate is in the pic below with the red arrow:

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hausherrs · Post by **hausherrs** » July 22nd, 2019, 7:11 pm

km1125 wrote:QR_BBPOST Curious what that plate is in the pic below with the red arrow:

Yep, busted. It's a clean out port in the GAS tanks. I've got to figure out what I'm going do to fix that. I heard they are "grandfathered in" as far as compliance. But I don't sleep well knowing a little piece of rubber gasket is the difference between a "good time" or a "bad time". But for what it's worth I use the aux tank and keep less than 1/4 in the port and stb fuel tanks... that's the previous owner. Which I have just found out that the exhaust manifold gasket was installed backwards.

By the way, I got the other manifold off. Took me 2 hours.

hausherrs · Post by **hausherrs** » July 24th, 2019, 9:00 am

I have a brand new can of "Spot Shot" to manage any crumbs! But i just dumped all liquids in a bucket and used a tremendous amount of paper towels...

bud37 wrote:QR_BBPOST My only hope for your sake is you kept the carpet clean.

454XLi exhaust manifold replacement 96 Carver 400

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