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Started the teardown, and now the build up.


casper50

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Just yesterday I called my tail pipe company for an estimate on my 53 suburban. $150+/- for a single pipe and California is not the least expensive state. 

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can u spin your  completed car on the  rotisary ? you can  buy generic  kits  from summit  or  jegs or speeed way motors, if u have a mig welder, or  use  those super wide  flat  stainless clamps you can  do your own exhaust....or maybe  do what u can  if  u want tails  have the shop  bend the tails,,,

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Put PB blaster and some Marvel oil down the cylinders a week ago.  Seemed to do the job.  Turned over by hand on the fan when I got the sheet metal out of the way.  Still had one valve stuck.  Worked it a bit and it started working also.

 

Casper--your progress is very encouraging, keep up the good work!  I was looking at pics of when you removed your cylinder head and am wondering what you used to get the deck and valve tops so clean?  Thanks.

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For my last exhaust project I picked up all the pipe on my own, made careful measurements of bend locations and degrees and ends to be expanded (double and triple checked), and marked up the pipe. I took the works to a local shop and tossed them a few bucks to make the bends as I watched/instructed. When I got home I slapped it all together and welded it up. I don't know if that is an option for you but just thought I'd throw it out there.

 

Heck, you could even use swimming pool noodles for about $1 each to mock it all up and make sure your routing is sound before moving on to the pipe.

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