[s-cars] Tools for RS2 Exhaust Manifold Install

[steve powers]

for what you're doing, MiG should work fine. use cheap wrenches and be
careful when applying torque. if the weld lets go, you could bitch slap
that engine pretty hard.

Steve Powers

>  -----Original Message-----
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>  [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Sean Douglas
>  Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 7:45 PM
>  To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>  Subject: [s-cars] Tools for RS2 Exhaust Manifold Install
>  
>  
>  Hi all:
>  
>  I'm preparing for the RS2 EM installation and have studied 
>  the posts by Cody, Todd Kramer, Jerry Scott and Bill Mahoney.
>  
>  For the bottom 3 nuts that are hard to reach, I was thinking 
>  of taking the wrench modification one step further. What I'm 
>  thinking is fabricating a wrench similar to a distributor wrench.
>  
>  Instead of just doing one 90 degree bend, I thought it may 
>  be possible to add length to the wrench to clear the 
>  manifold and put another 90 degree bend upwards to get the 
>  leverage required to tighten the nut.
>  
>  Something like this:
>  
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>  To do this I would have to weld a piece of metal onto the 
>  wrench. I have access to a mig welder and a acetelyne torch, 
>  but I'm not that experienced. Is it possible to a piece of 
>  metal onto a cast wrench? Or would it be easier to join two 
>  wrenches together?
>  
>  Any experienced welders out there?
>  
>  Thanks,
>  
>  Sean
>  
>  
>  
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