[greengoblin]

ok guys so about to ditch the headers and buy new ones unless i can get this leak taken care of. the header on the driver side is a two piece and where it comes together it is leaking well i had it welded but the mechanic could only weld the outside of it and cant get to the inside of it where the pipes meet has anyone ran into this problem or know how i can get rid of the leak.

 

[njstang]

Im assuming your running LT?

 

[greengoblin]

yea sorry guess i should have put that it usually helps

 

[greengoblin]

not to be pushy but anyone got any ideas

 

[carnut59]

just get a better brand of header

 

[greengoblin]

i would prefer to fix if i can simply cause i really dont want to do that install again

 

[carnut59]

they have to come off any way to fix them

 

[greengoblin]

not necessarily i am sure there is a way to fix it from leaking just cause you cant get in there with a welder. i could prolly use a stainless clamp but i was hoping some one would say somthing that i had not thought of that may work better. other than taking it apart and puting it back together only to have the same problem.

 

[carnut59]

sorry, iam getting either mac or pypes lt

 

[BDaily]

Get MAC's

 

[carnut59]

whats wrong with pypes

 

[dannyboy281]

Percy's High Performance 66033 - Percy's Seal-4-Good Header Gaskets - Overview - SummitRacing.com if this doesnt fix it you will have to remove them and welded the inside and outside but the inside will have to be grinded after its been been welded or you can weld it like this ] on the out side only which most will prefer i know a guy who did this when his cracked and it worked out for him

 

[carnut59]

its not the gasket its the two pipes that slip together, he has the two piece driver header from hooker or pacesetter

 

[dannyboy281]

its not the gasket its the two pipes that slip together, he has the two piece driver header from hooker or pacesetter

i have never seen those but wouldn't welding it still work in his case?

 

[carnut59]

yes but you have to take them off to weld them fully

 

[dannyboy281]

yes but you have to take them off to weld them fully

oh yeah i know i posted that as well a welder would never get in there plus its necessary to be done right, **** i had to create my own 10-mm wrenches by heating them up and bending them as well as grinding them to fit where i needed them to be. ill tell you one thing my closed end ratcheting wrench helped me knock out the easy bolts quickly for my SLP LT's when i recently removed my heads and had to re-bolt the LT's back i was determined that i wasn't going to remove the k-member again to get to them.