Need a 2 piece manifold, any suggestions for the interim?

[Michael Williams <urquattro@surfree.com>]

hey all, well, looks like my band aide fix of tightening up the lower nut 
on the cylinder 5 exhaust manifold just didnt work for long.  The top 
stud already broke off, and i think that the bottom one may have just 
done that also.

So, obviously, it would be time to get that fixed and wait for it to 
happen again, or to get the 2 piece and not have to worry.  Well, the 2 
piece is 800 bucks, so that will have to wait a bit.

I was thinking, has anyone applied any kind of sealer that would work 
temporarily to the gasket area there?  Im thinking that some sort of high 
temp caulking or somethin might work for a month or so.  I just need a 
more reliable band aide fix till i can save up the money.

How about some of that exhaust mending stuff that they sell at the auto 
parts stores that you put on the pipe where there is a hole and it melts 
to form a decent seal?

Anyway, lemme konw if anyone thinks of anything i can do...

i might just have to get it fixed for now for a couple hundred bucks if 
no one knows anything...

later...

Michael Sheridan Williams
ICQ# 11740998
1983 UrQuattro, MC'd, koni yellows, borla, OZ Mito's w/ SP8000's
1985 4000S Quattro miles, Koni Yellows/Coilover (2B), strut brace, Sport 
8000 Tires, K&N
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