XJ4IV
10-01-2011, 03:45 PM
so I recently got a exhaust manifold that was cracked so I welded it up ... NICE AND BOOGERY welds but at the SAME time I also replaced the motor mount on that side as well since I believe thats what caused it all to go to hell anyhow.
so back to the title... if your thinking of just swapping out the exhaust manifold and thinking just a couple bolts and out and a couple bolts and back in... WRONG... I was able to see that the intake HAD to come out first in order to remove the exhaust first of all the exhaust wont drop down from the bottom as youd think secondly you HAVE to remove the power steering pump bracket which is attached to the intake manifold UGH again right!?!?!
so that being discovered I went ahead and just bit the bullet and started removing the power steering bracket THEN the injector plugs then the vacuum lines then the wiring harnes to the intake... kinda a detailed project.
anyhow after i removed the power steering pump that little dam plastic intake hose for the reservoir on the pump broke off POS.
SO i have to NOW replace that reservoir but I think its high time to replace the whole pump anyhow so I suppose Im gonna go that route.
so again here are the things that MUST be done
intake removal
steering pump removal
harness and injector plug removal
throttle cable removal
vacuum line removal
so the UNLESS portion is this
my manifold was REALLY bad, worse than I had suspected at first and probably the worst ive ever seen thus why my jeep sounded like total crap
here you go
yeah I can see STRAIGHT through this crack
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/XJ4IV/IMG_1774.jpg
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/XJ4IV/IMG_1775.jpg
and this from the inside... DAYLIGHT
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/XJ4IV/IMG_1780.jpg
just a heads up also I did this with the front axle out ... so theres no telling how much more difficult it would have been with it in place... I know that I was laying on the ground right where the wheel would have been and reaching up directly in line with where the axle tube would have been
and heres a teaser shot of how wide the jeep will sit once the 60's are in
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/XJ4IV/IMG_1784.jpg
so back to the title... if your thinking of just swapping out the exhaust manifold and thinking just a couple bolts and out and a couple bolts and back in... WRONG... I was able to see that the intake HAD to come out first in order to remove the exhaust first of all the exhaust wont drop down from the bottom as youd think secondly you HAVE to remove the power steering pump bracket which is attached to the intake manifold UGH again right!?!?!
so that being discovered I went ahead and just bit the bullet and started removing the power steering bracket THEN the injector plugs then the vacuum lines then the wiring harnes to the intake... kinda a detailed project.
anyhow after i removed the power steering pump that little dam plastic intake hose for the reservoir on the pump broke off POS.
SO i have to NOW replace that reservoir but I think its high time to replace the whole pump anyhow so I suppose Im gonna go that route.
so again here are the things that MUST be done
intake removal
steering pump removal
harness and injector plug removal
throttle cable removal
vacuum line removal
so the UNLESS portion is this
my manifold was REALLY bad, worse than I had suspected at first and probably the worst ive ever seen thus why my jeep sounded like total crap
here you go
yeah I can see STRAIGHT through this crack
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/XJ4IV/IMG_1774.jpg
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/XJ4IV/IMG_1775.jpg
and this from the inside... DAYLIGHT
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/XJ4IV/IMG_1780.jpg
just a heads up also I did this with the front axle out ... so theres no telling how much more difficult it would have been with it in place... I know that I was laying on the ground right where the wheel would have been and reaching up directly in line with where the axle tube would have been
and heres a teaser shot of how wide the jeep will sit once the 60's are in
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/XJ4IV/IMG_1784.jpg