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- From: Frank.Mallory@f417.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Mallory)
- Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
- Path: sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: fixing dented headers
- Message-ID: <715979162.F00001@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 09:13:48 -0500
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- JH> Some of the tubes on my headers are dented.. Looks like the previous
- JH> owner overestimated the car's ground clearance at one time. All
- JH> 4 of the lower pipes are dented in varying amounts. My first
- JH> question is whether or not this can be repaired. I can't be the
- JH> first person to have this problem, and it seems like a waste to
- JH> get a whole new set of headers. My second question is how much of
- JH> an effect the dents have anyway. One of the tubes looks about %50
- JH> closed. New headers for the car run about $200 so I'd rather not
- JH> replace them unless I have to.
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- Depending where the dents are, you could possibly fix them with an exhaust pipe
- expander. This would involve removing the headers, slipping in the (possibly
- modified) exhaust pipe expander, heating the pipe at the point of the dent, and
- expanding the expander.
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