I'm trying to put my complete exhaust system in my 62 Parisienne with 283. The one side keeps hitting the starter so I'll pull starter out and the exhaust should lift in place.
My question.......how many bolts hold the starter on?
My other engine is buried in debris, and this one is close to the ground and tough to reach. Are there two bolts or three, holding them to the engine?
there are probably 3 bolts.......if the motor and trans is original it has a cast iron powerglide, the last year starters bolted to the trans or bellhousing on manual cars
was 1962 for x-frame cars.......the bolts go in horizontally.....1 is hard to get at (google 1962 Chevrolet starter)
there are probably 3 bolts.......if the motor and trans is original it has a cast iron powerglide, the last year starters bolted to the trans or bellhousing on manual cars
was 1962 for x-frame cars.......the bolts go in horizontally.....1 is hard to get at (google 1962 Chevrolet starter)
Thank you also !!
I suspected this wasn't going to be quite as easy as I hoped. I suppose since the whole exhaust didn't come out in one chunk all that easy, I shouldn't expect the install to be simple.
I can already see that the pipe gaskets they sold me are beveled both sides, but they really want to be beveled on the manifold side and flat on the pipe side. Back to the store tomorrow morning :)
there are probably 3 bolts.......if the motor and trans is original it has a cast iron powerglide, the last year starters bolted to the trans or bellhousing on manual cars
was 1962 for x-frame cars.......the bolts go in horizontally.....1 is hard to get at (google 1962 Chevrolet starter)
there are probably 3 bolts.......if the motor and trans is original it has a cast iron powerglide, the last year starters bolted to the trans or bellhousing on manual cars
was 1962 for x-frame cars.......the bolts go in horizontally.....1 is hard to get at (google 1962 Chevrolet starter)
I didn't know that.
If we live long enough we'll know everything, but man, we'll be cranky !! Trying to put this exhaust into position and I get wedged between the car and the welder. I was sorely tempted to flog it until I remembered I need to repair the rear seat. Love this icon. It's how I feel when I'm under the car.
....the original exhaust pipe uses a tapered both sides type of gasket ( dohnut ). There also should be in the pipe installed a short extension ( about 1.5" long ) that sits partly in the exhaust pipe and then the gasket fits over it and keeps it aligned to mate properly with the pipe and manifold. Then the 3 bolt flange slides up and fits the 3 studs on the manifold and you tighten it up with no fear of the gasket moving out of position. The only flat gasket that is used is between the heat riser valve and manifold on the right side ( pass side ) if the heat riser is still there after all these years. And yes if you have a cast powerglide trans then the starter bolts with 3 bolts to the bell housing type adapter not up to the engine block with 2 bolts.
.....is should not be flat. The pipe is kinda bell shaped, or flared out for the tapered gasket to fit and with it being tapered it allows the fit to be foregiving if offset abit . Have never seen a flat end pipe on a V8 .
.....is should not be flat. The pipe is kinda bell shaped, or flared out for the tapered gasket to fit and with it being tapered it allows the fit to be foregiving if offset abit . Have never seen a flat end pipe on a V8 .
Hey Johnny,
Looks like you were right. I couldn't get the unit in as a whole, so I had to pull it back out and separate the sections. The bell shaped flanges are so full of muck that they look flat. Scraped into it a bit and gave up. The stuff is hardened like concrete. I'm now trying the install in sections using gaskets beveled one side. What a painful job without a hoist.
I know, no whining.....we love our old cars.
-- Edited by HonestDave on Friday 12th of December 2014 04:18:11 PM
Got it all together and tight fitting. No noise now. Who would've thought they'd use four fine thread studs and the two I couldn't see would be coarse. Amazing piece of luck finding a broken coarse stud piece in the trunk, and deducing correctly. On with other jobs now :)