Finished off replacing the exhaust manifold on the Dolly, it's sounding much better now without a blowing flange gasket.
One thing that should help reduce the frequency of blowing flange gaskets is a decent support for the exhaust down pipe as although there is a bracket fitted to the gearbox the downpipe had been left unsupported by the previous owner. As the exhaust clamp I had was a different design the original Triumph one I had to make up and adaptor bracket out of some steel angle. Once fitted the exhaust seems very stable.
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| Clamp and adaptor Bracket |
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| Exhaust Downpipe now fully supported from the gearbox. |
The heatshield was replaced with a new one as the old one had the centre section missing. The Carbs, all the heater hoses and air hoses were all replaced, I treated the car to a new set of air filters, the others were pretty dirty and the filter box had several dead insects in it which were cleaned out.
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| New heatshield fitted |
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| heater and Air Hoses all connected up |
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| Air box, throttle and choke linkages all back in place, |
Finally the coolant was refilled with a fresh antifreeze mix. Job done and a much quieter car.
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| The refill of coolant is via a plug in the top of the radiator. |
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