12-08-2020, 03:43 PM | #1 |
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Gland rings
Are they worth the trouble ?
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12-08-2020, 03:54 PM | #2 |
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Yes. If you have trouble getting them all installed, the #1 and #4 are the most important because of the bolting holding the exhaust manifold. Be sure to use the copper shroaded gaskets and make sure the manifold is flat across the flanges. Of course, make sure the flanges are clean
Paul Shinn has a nice video on YOUTUBE about replacing the manifold gasket |
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12-08-2020, 04:06 PM | #3 |
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If you can't bolt up the ex. manifold with the gland rings it is usually the rear of the manifold that has sagged and must be replaced for correct alignment.
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12-08-2020, 04:13 PM | #4 |
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No.
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12-08-2020, 04:28 PM | #5 |
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Save time and see this previous thread, in which no one can agree on the answer, which is exactly what you'll get here too.
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12-08-2020, 05:11 PM | #6 |
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Cast iron will grow when heated. You can see this in old cast iron cook stoves that have been abandoned because the parts no long fit. The rings in a Model T keep the exhaust manifold in alignment. Without them they warp.
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12-08-2020, 07:12 PM | #7 |
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I've read somewhere that the repop gland rings sold by the vendors. Are not constructed like the originals. Does anybody know where you can get correct
exhaust gland rings? Bob-A |
12-08-2020, 07:14 PM | #8 |
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12-08-2020, 07:37 PM | #9 |
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What trouble??. I made some for my car. Might take an extra 5 minutes to install the exhaust manifold but once it's done it's done. I don't understand why anyone would NOT use them even if they don't do anything. What is the downside???.
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12-08-2020, 11:45 PM | #10 |
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Definitely yes,
Not only do they help keep the exhaust manifold in alignment, they also help with the life of the manifold gaskets. I have them in all my engines. My opinion, Chris W. |
12-09-2020, 12:18 AM | #11 |
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I can't remember what size it is but there is an exhaust pipe just the right size to make these rings from. We are metric so it may not be available to you guys. I put a length in the lathe and part off a few at a time. Obviously, these rings are one piece, unlike the repop ones you buy these days.
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12-09-2020, 01:38 AM | #12 |
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We have equivalent here. most of the model a isn't metric anyway, it will never know.
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12-09-2020, 09:56 AM | #13 | |
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As far as the rings, most of us just machine them on our lathes out of 1.500 seamless tubing material and go with those. I would need to look at the print again but my (failing) memory says the counterbore size of the block and manifolds is like 1.490". One other thing, ...a sagging or drooping manifold can be be repaired. You need a fixture to be able to clamp the manifold to. I used an old engine block laid on its side. Use the glands to determine the correct location. Make a plate that bolts to the valve cover area that has a ½"-20 threaded rod on a stand that will push on the boss area of the exhaust pipe clamp. Use a rosebud torch to slowly bring the temperature of the exhaust manifold up to a glowing red in the area of the #4 exhaust port. Slowly start turning the threaded rod adding pressure to the end of the manifold. (Slowly is defined as like ¼ turn or less every 10 minutes so which is about 0.010 of an inch.) The heated cast metal will soften and slowly begin to move due to the pressure from the rod, and when it reaches the correct location you throw a welding blanket over it and allow it to cool slowly. Takes about an hour to do one, and is a great way to save an original non-pitted manifold. |
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Now, they recommend filing down the gland rings to fit – I assume because most of their customers don't have a mill. Not sure what the effect of that is compared to deepening the manifold counterbore as Brent suggests. |
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12-09-2020, 12:21 PM | #15 | |
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When measuring, don't forget to account for the compressed gasket thickness that will be between the manifolds and the block. Unless someone has flycut and faced the side of the block, that counterbore is generally never affected. If there is minor pitting on the surface, use the JB Weld ExtremeHeat 'Metallic Repair Paste' to level the surface. The process for deepening the counterbore is a little more involved. Sweep the perimeter to find zero in the X & Y axis. Then set-up a boring bar to plunge deeper. For those who do not own a mill, then purchasing a new exhaust & intake manifold is probably the next best option. Last edited by BRENT in 10-uh-C; 12-14-2020 at 08:36 AM. Reason: Changed the word 'epoxy' to "Metallic Repair Paste" because someone was a little picky! :eek: |
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12-09-2020, 12:36 PM | #16 |
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When you heat and straighten the droop in the rear exhaust port, is there a problem with the manifold stretching and that port being slightly too far to the rear of block?
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12-09-2020, 02:02 PM | #17 |
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Great answers....Thanks to all
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12-09-2020, 03:19 PM | #18 |
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I have only done a couple of them as the job is too labor intensive to be a $$ value. The ones I did seemed to realign with the port fairly easily.
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Edit: The repair I was contemplating before this was to fill the divots with Seal-Lock Fluid Weld. The Fluid Weld might still be preferable because I wouldn't have to sand it precisely flush. Last edited by alexiskai; 12-09-2020 at 04:20 PM. |
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