So I have this Detroit Diesel 3-53 in my enclosed trailer. The plus is that I am protected from wind and snow and cold weather as I work. This is truly priceless.
My goal is just to get it to run and sell it. It starts and comes to life, but does not run, I suspect simply because I am not following a proper starting procedure.
However, I cannot really run it inside the trailer due to fumes. After running it for 3-4 seconds, I have to hold my breath, get out, gasp for air and ventilate. Clearly stupid and dangerous.
I wanted to take off the muffler adaptor off the exhaust manifold, make my own adaptor with four holes for bolts and a hole for a 2" pipe, and weld the pipe into this adaptor.
This would look like this _______________________________________ / | 5 ft 2" pipe /__/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | | |24 inch 2" pipe | | ===| |=== manifold
Anyway, some questions.
- How hard is to get bolts out of a 36 year old manifold. They lok like 3/8" bolts. Will PB blaster for a day type of treatment help? Impact wrench OK?
- Is 5ft of 2" pipe too heavy for the exhaust manifold, would it possibly break/crack it in combination with vibration? Would it help to suspend the far end of the pipe to compensate for the weight?
- The manifold adaptor that is on it currently is made for a 3" hose. Would having a 2" hose be too restrictive for air flow?
I know that I can buy bellows or whatnot, but it adds extra cost and time to this.
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