Aaaaaaggggghhhhh bloooody cars

[stainesy]

Its just one thing after another isn't it.
Fitted new belts today and planned to go pick up a middle and rear exhaust box as mine are buggered. Thought I would take a look unde the car at all my exhaust before I went for some reason and it's also blowing from somewhere between the cat and the engine now.
Everytime I fix something another thing apears. Sometimes I think why do I bother with these bloody cars.

So now left to do before I start making it pretty is
Rear arches welded
New exhaust from engine to the back
Rocker cover gasket
Need to buy a bolt extractor so I can FINALY change the rear wheel bearing
New sunroof
And what ever els decides to go.

Aaaaaaggggggghhhhhhh

Ok rant over.

[liva2704]

Same here my exhaust had been blowing for a while so i go and buy a welder take exhaust off and it was a nightmare as its been made in one piece from the cat all the way back,i weld it put it back on and now i think the baffles have gone in the backbox.

[stainesy]

Yeah my baffles abe gone in both my boxes. I took off the rear box and emptied the baffles out of it. But if you shake the middle box you can hear stuff rattling around inside. And now there is a blow on the downpipe somewhere or maybe the manifold. How to you get to the bloody manifold? It seems hidden.

[liva2704]

I looked at taking manifold off my to replace with a fourbranch stainless and i think the best way is to remove inlet manifold but thats a bit of a job in itself.

[stainesy]

Yeah it looks a pig of a job. Been looking at down pipes on eBay how come they only have 2 pipes?
Do they have a manifold then downpipe with springs on it? Could not find any manifolds just the downpipes with an odd springy end.

[liva2704]

Yes the standard cast manifolds and downpipes are 2 seperate pieces,where as the stainless ones i was looking at are 1 piece

[stainesy]

yeah i just been looking at the stainless ones. i soooo want one 
its just getting access to it that worries my.

[liva2704]

As long as you know one end of a spanner to the other you should be ok its just the manifold studs you have to be carefull of ie not snapping them

[stainesy]

Oh that I'm fine with. Quite capable of drilling and retapping. It's just how do I get access to it? Do I have to take inlet manifold off?

[liva2704]

I think that would be the easiest option yes as it gives you more room to both see and extract the manifold