g'day guys

anyone got any tricks to stop a leaking cross over pipe it keeps coming loose on the right side ive put new washers on new gaskett it came loose again takes  about 2-3 weeks to happen i have a bit of a hearing problem & i dont hear it untill its to far gone one of the reasons im not a mechanic any more.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

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Try using brass exhaust nuts, you should be able to get them at your local parts store down there or use two steel nuts on each stud. Heat cycles will cause the nut to back off and a lock washer that has been heated over a period of time flattens out and looses it's ability too lock a nut in place. Two steel nuts locked together want back out. The other thing to check is the threads in the manifold, they may be worn and letting the stud itself back out.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

thanks glen

ive tried most of what you mentioned it has brass nuts i havent tried the 2 nuts yet its just annoying to have this one tiny problem  that i cant hear the dumd part is i can hear base sounds really well so listening to the thump of the y block when im driving is a joy they have to be the best sounding engine ever made my girlfreind had never heard one before & now she's in love with them too.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

Moz

Great looking Ute I wish we had them up here. 

The best thing you could do for your motor is get rid of the cross over and go to dual exhaust. The US Y's with single exhaust have the dump on the car's right side, is that where your's is? Is it a big hassle with the clutch and steering on your driver's side? BTW the sound stays the same or even better with duals, it becomes stereo!

Doug T

The Highlands, Louisville, Ky.

doug & brodie your both right i should put duals on it  our exhaust goes down the left side & cause us aussies are a bit backwards & our steering is on the right we dont have the problems with steering etc.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

Moz:

Is your crossover a 2 piece one that has a slip joint in the middle.  Is there a clamp on that slip joint, or is the joint rusted solid.  The expansion rate of the pipe is greater than that of the block and heads, so as the pipe heats and cools, something has to give.  It is designed for the slip joint to actually slip, and if that feature is defeated, something else has to give.

John

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

g'day john & gary

ive got pictures of the engine & busted crank in the street section i went to the place where the ute was done yesterday had a look at another motor & saw staight away what the cause is theres a part missing on the right side of the crossover where it bolts to the manifold some sort of butterfly valve with it missing the crossover on that side is under a lot of tension i will have to make a spacer the same thickness. gary i have heard about that problem with the manuals over the autos the extra gear linkage makes all th difference i would like to keep the crossover for now as i want to enter it into the geelong all ford day next year & they judge them on originality.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

g'day gary

thanks for looking mate ive made up a spacer by hand 10mm thick which should work i havent fitted it yet, will let everyone know when its fitted & if it works i never thought i would be hand making my own parts  haha.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

Hey Moz,

Cusso Bill sells dual exhaust headers ,I have used them on a 57 Mainline ute with a Toploader and stock clutch linkage .Everything cleared OK ..Also John's Rod & Custom.sells them . There's a guy, Glen Henderson  here in Brisbane ( Greenbank )who makes cast  exhaust manifolds for Y-blocks .They are good but because our drivers side is slightly bent down more than stock ( to clear RHD steering box ),#4 plug is a real pain to remove .I have one on my Vicky .When it was ultra low I went over a speed bump ,caught the engine pipe ,pushed up and snapped off the factory dual manifold .Stock manifolds are very thin compared to the ones that Glen makes .All the above phone # can be found in Just Parts magazine.

Regards Lon

yblocksdownunder

g,day moz, darryl oreilly at bellarine exhaust centre 64 wattlepark ave moolap ph52482228 has dual exhaust manifolds for cussy,s ,he,s been fitting all the exhaust to all of the cussy,s in geelong  for about the last 46 yrs. has does all of my work since the early sixty,s great bloke.we were parked beside you today at wauren ponds shop  in the wifes 91 ltd 5.0ltr.your ute looks good      ray 

              

    RAY. Y,S ALWAYS