So yesterday I pulled a pair of manifolds off an old seized 283. Naturally the heat riser valve is seized as they always seem to be. I thought I'd heat it to see if I could get the shaft to move. I'm glad I had glasses plus my tinted goggles on over them. As I heated it, suddenly it sounded like a gunshot and whatever is normally pressed into the manifold, I assume a bushing of some sort, literally exploded and hit me in the cheek as it went by. Any ideas what it's made of and why did it explode like that?
Thankfully it was pointed at the parts car and not one of our good vehicles. I heard it bounce off something (besides my face!) but I have no idea what or where. I'll likely find it sometime when I'm doing a cleanup.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Carl...Isn't there a brass bushing for the rod to pivot on? Maybe not brass, probably just tin. I have heard of guys using penetrating oil on them over a number of days to get them freed up. They were hard to obtain a few years back as I remember...
Carl...Isn't there a brass bushing for the rod to pivot on? Maybe not brass, probably just tin. I have heard of guys using penetrating oil on them over a number of days to get them freed up. They were hard to obtain a few years back as I remember...
Not sure and it didn't leave enough of an indentation in my cheek to see what hit it!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
