TC exhaust pipe gasket

[Neil Nelson]

I have recently discovered I have blown a gasket. Yeah, right , knock off the snickering....it was the TC exhaust pipe gasket. When I bought a replacement gasket, the triangle shaped one between the pipe and the exhaust manifold, I also bought the " washer" that goes in the pipe. This washer is funnel shaped and goes in the pipe between the pipe and the manifold. Both parts came from Moss. My question is, how is this assembly done? Does the washer drop in the pipe, then the gasket on top next to the manifold? The hole in the gasket is not large enough to allow the washer to drop through it and then in to the pipe, which would make more sense assembly wise. I have assembled it as follows: reading from the bottom flange of the manifold and going down..... gasket next to the manifold, then the washer and lastly the exhaust pipe flange. I am not sure this serves any useful purpose this way but it was the only way I could figure out how to use the washer with the gasket. Anyone have any different ideas, or did I do it right? Neil TC 0526

[Charles_Shiplee@batesuk.com]

Neil this is one of the worst designed parts on the car. I first put everything together dry and could not get a seal all around. It was forever blowing a small stream of exhaust forward. It would be better if the bottom of the pipe were welded to the triangular bit but its not so I did the following. Bottom flange of manifold( triangular with studs ),gasket, liquid gasket, washer, more liquid gasket, bottom pipe, bottom triangular flange, nuts. Then tighten the whole lot up. Dont worry you will still have a gap between the two triangular pieces of about 5mm but this I am assured is correct Then just to make sure, ( god forbid if Badger reads this ) I used flexible muffler putty to fill in the 5mm gap . It works well so far. good luck Charles

[joecurto@aol.com]

Neil why worry muffler putty is I am sure prominent in Badgers "Bag-O-Tricks", I am sure it is the other stuff that he would object to. Joe

[C. Knight]

Neil Nelson wrote:

> > I have recently discovered I have blown a gasket. Yeah, right , knock off > the snickering....it was the TC exhaust pipe gasket. When I bought a > replacement gasket, the triangle shaped one between the pipe and the exhaust > manifold, I also bought the " washer" that goes in the pipe. This washer is > funnel shaped and goes in the pipe between the pipe and the manifold. Both > parts came from Moss. > > My question is, how is this assembly done?

The funnel shaped washer is fitted into the down pipe first. Its function is to correct any misalignment between the pipe end and the manifold face. Make sure the inside of the pipe is clean so that the washer is free to move as you clamp up. A little grease will help. The copper asbestos gasket is clamped between the flange on the washer and the manifold. Tighten the nuts that hold the loose clamp plate finger tight and give the pipe a good shake to make sure the flanged washer, gasket and manifold face are in good contact before finally tightening the nuts. If you have cause to take it apart at a later date always remove the flanged washer and make sure it is free to move in the pipe before clamping up. If the clamping on the copper/asbestos gasket is uneven it will burn through very quickly. Regards Cliff

[JohnHWSteedman@aol.com]

I suffered similar problems in he 1960's and I was determined in the "eternal rebuild" to get it right, I'd like to claim credit but this is not my idea:- Get yourself a stainless steel exhaust system. Throw away the funnel washer. Bolt the three exhaust studs to connect the triangular yoke to the down pipe to the manifold with the triangular exhaust gasket in place. In my case this involved some filing of the triangular yoke to ensure that the three holes had the proper clearance. When all the connections were nice and tight with good compression on the gasket, I invited my local mobile welding expert to spot weld the triangular yoke to the down pipe. This done, John took the down pipe and yoke to his shop to weld it all around. Result: a perfect seal:- manifold-gasket-yoke-down pipe! Do it once, do it right, John TC 0301