[Farmall] 1949 H Exhaust Pipe

Tim Savelle tim.savelle at gmail.com
Wed Jun 6 14:04:05 PDT 2012


*Dave, The manifold appears to have been threaded, although it has some of
the parts on the engine associated with the distillate version.  The
threads are not distinguishable, though...filled up with rust or carbon or
whatever.  Tim
*
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:29 PM, David Steinich <dsteinich at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tim,
> Which manifold do you have? The original distillate had a rectangular base
> held on with two studs. After market and probably the original gas had pipe
> threads. If those are gone, can you use a pair of muffler clamps and a
> strip of steel to the pipe and manifold (sort of like the after market
> Allis Chalmers WD mufflers are now)?
> Dave
> On Jun 6, 2012 2:13 PM, "Tim Savelle" <tim.savelle at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Got a problem.  The exhaust pipe on my 1949H broke lose from the manifold
> > recently when I hit a bump.  The pipe is 2" black iron pipe, and a
> previous
> > owner had apparently not welded it very good to the manifold.  Someone in
> > my tractor club suggested grinding down the end of the pipe until it fits
> > inside the manifold and drive it in place.  I did that, but afraid of
> > breaking the manifold driving it in I decided to seat it good and try to
> > seal it.  I've tried two different compounds:  a muffler sealer from a
> > parts store and JB Weld.  Neither held up under the heat.  I don't think
> a
> > welder is going to be willing to try to weld or braze it back into place
> > because of the proximity to the gas tank and other meltable things, and I
> > would prefer not to take off the manifold nor the gas tank due to the
> time
> > involved.  Does anyone know of a sealing compound of some sort that will
> > stand up to the heat at the intersection of the exhaust pipe and
> manifold?
> >  Guess I'm looking for a quick, easy fix here if one can be found to
> > prevent extended down time for repairs.  Thanks a bunch, Tim
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