Its too late for this advice, but in the past I was able to break and exhaust system free from the manifold by dropping it down off of all the rubber hangers and swinging it side to side a bit from the end at the back of the car. The torque on that length of pipe is huge.
Just don't go too crazy or you might break the exhaust manifold. But this is unlikely since the weakest point should still be the joint between the manifold and exhaust pipe. Of course, soaking it with lots of penetrating oil first is necessary. Jaime On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > So unbolting the '83 exhaust at the flange worked well, the 2 bolts broke > nicely and it all came out. However I still couldn't get the front pipe > detached from the rest and I ended up cutting the first couple inches of the > front exhaust pipe. A quick trip to FLAPS got me a 2" exhaust pipe adapter > which this morning I welded into place. My welding is definitely getting > better, I got only a couple little divots in it, none of which appears to go > all the way through. A quick spritz of grill paint should keep the weld from > rusting. I only expect this exhaust to be good for a couple three years > anyway... > > Next step, getting the old rotten exhaust out from under the '78 while > preserving 2 rubber donuts, I have 2 in my spares pile... I'll order 2 (4 > really so I have spares) more from Rusty next week so I don't have to trust > the used ones. > > -Curt > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
