Re: ihc-digest V5 #99

[John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided>]

>Hi!  I'm still trying to take off my heads, and have the valve covers
>and all auxillary parts off, but can't get the intake manifold off.
>There is some strange little bracket over the #6 cylinder area of the
>intake manifold that is blocking my removal of the bolt below and behind
>it.  It is holding nothing, and has one small phillips screw in the top
>that could have held some small clamp or something.  It is a modified
>"C" shaped piece of steel, and is not bolted to the engine, though I see
>no weld bead either.  It appears to be epoxied or gasket-sealed on,
>though it is painted and appears to be original.  This is a 1973 345
>that has had smog equip removed-it moved to Nevada for a while.  I've
>tried minor prying, beating with a mallet (rubber) and even a few
>wallops with a 22 oz. hammer.  It doesn't want to move, and my manual is
>actually for a '68 T'all 345 w/no smog equip.  Was this a smog pump
>bracket of some sort?  Is it welded where it blocks ALL access to this
>bolt?  No socket or wrench that I own, or have ever seen can come close
>to fitting in this area.  If it is held on by some magic epoxy, what
>breaks this bond?  I'm too close to stop now, and it's getting dark.  My
>tools are outside so I've got to run, but I'll check back in a half-hour
>or so if anyone has any ideas.
>Thanks!
>Michael
>
Michael,
Does the manifold bolt hold it in place? I haven't gone out and looked,
depending on someone else to do that, but there are a number  of shields
held on by manifold bolts. If you don't get a better response than this,
and hopefully you will, I'll go out in the rain and look. (Do I sound
pathetic enough to get someone else to do it?"
John

John Hofstetter a.k.a. Ol'Saline, who's been a lot of places none of us is
allowed to go anymore and that's a real tragedy, and who to quote the
senator from Texas, "has more guns than he needs but not as many as he
wants"
79 Scout Terra with 8000 lb. Warn Winch, Detroit Locker in rear and limited
slip in front, 4" Trailmaster lift kit, Holley Electronic Fuel Injection,
Mallory Unilite Distributor                                  MSD ignition
"It's a legend", but it's too darn long and too darn wide sometimes to go
where I ask it to go.

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