Fixing my neighbors 1970 Chevelle SS - Need some advice.
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Originally Posted by 74javelin
it is between the exhaust manifold and the exhaust pipe. if you look under the car you'll see what looks like a spacer. that's it.
it took me 25 minutes to find a pic of one but i found it on ebay. look at the bottom of the manifold and see the spacer with the coil spring on it. that's it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=34203
you could pull the exhaust pipe off and the exhaust crossover valve off ( heat riser) and pry open the valve or replace it with a new one. but you don't need one in florida. it just helps the car warm up faster by heating the intake.
it took me 25 minutes to find a pic of one but i found it on ebay. look at the bottom of the manifold and see the spacer with the coil spring on it. that's it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=34203
you could pull the exhaust pipe off and the exhaust crossover valve off ( heat riser) and pry open the valve or replace it with a new one. but you don't need one in florida. it just helps the car warm up faster by heating the intake.
Headers where the first thing I put on mine. I didn't realize there was such a part.
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they put them on most of the older cars i can think of. i've never seen a older car with stock manifolds that didn't have one. i don't know about the newer cars or when they stopped using them.
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Before replacing it, get some rust penatrant. Preferrably Heat Riser Solvent, spray it on and see if you can free it up that way. Stuff works.
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I checked that part and it was on teh right side of the exhaust... the side that was flowing good and the left side didn't have anything like that. I think it's got to be a muffler problem and he'll have to get that fixed at a muffler shop 
Besides that it's running really great now and he's really happy.
Besides that it's running really great now and he's really happy.
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Originally Posted by Silverstreak328
I checked that part and it was on teh right side of the exhaust... the side that was flowing good and the left side didn't have anything like that. I think it's got to be a muffler problem and he'll have to get that fixed at a muffler shop Besides that it's running really great now and he's really happy.
Besides that it's running really great now and he's really happy.So has he let you take it for a drive since you've helped him out
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