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G'DAY ALL,
Over the weekend after hearing a strange "phut phut" noise i found a crack along the weld line of the left hand pipe, after removing the pipe the crack opened up considerably.
I am going to silver solder it and get it rechromed, i know that this is a high stress area because of heat and engine vibration but is this a common occurence.
Recently i have noticed this pipe has been coming loose at the head so i have tightened the nut by a couple of lugs to take out the movement which is what i achieved but it has now cracked.
I was wondering whether the pipe had ever been fully tightened up by the P.O. and was floating rather than being pulled up hard against the washers.
Mike.
Over the weekend after hearing a strange "phut phut" noise i found a crack along the weld line of the left hand pipe, after removing the pipe the crack opened up considerably.
I am going to silver solder it and get it rechromed, i know that this is a high stress area because of heat and engine vibration but is this a common occurence.
Recently i have noticed this pipe has been coming loose at the head so i have tightened the nut by a couple of lugs to take out the movement which is what i achieved but it has now cracked.
I was wondering whether the pipe had ever been fully tightened up by the P.O. and was floating rather than being pulled up hard against the washers.
Mike.