Thought I better start a page for the Spider.

Some of you will already know, the Spider let me down today. On the way to Hopetoun Hse with fellow Spider owner Craig, whilst we were horsing up the motorway my car suddenly got louder! pulled over at Jct 4, pulled the bonnet and discovered that the exhaust downpipes had separated from the manifold flange. ****! Anyway I returned home and got Cherry to make an appearance at the show.

On stripdown it appears that the welding I had done (10 years ago) to the pipe/flange joint had cracked and failed. I had to extent the pipes by 2 inches because I had done away with the fitting that carried the Lambda sensor...see below... also car of the show for me...Ferrari Dino.

I did wonder why you had the cherry bravo with you today...

Nice to meet the music man though

As I said to you John, your lucky you bought the Brav off Steve.... it was a shame the exhaust went on the Spider, but still you got to the show & in bloody good time....

Easy Fix John,hope you get it sorted out real soon,

All the best Don

simple but annoying fix!. whats the cause? is the exhaust too stiff and not allowing movement or something

Probable cause..is when I was welding it originally I had too skinny a weld and no weld on the outside of the flange...was trying to keep it neat so that the weld bead wouldn't foul the fixing nuts and washers.

Also tonight found a crack on the cast manifold, so will have to weld this also...see photo.

time to get the mig out me thinks

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time to get the mig out me thinks

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First thing I thought of, which I guess shows how I think and how inappropriate my mindset is in terms of solving automotive issues :laugh:

Hope you manage to get the welding issues though sorted John despite my lack of constructive input

hope its easly sorted and dosnt take long , now you can drive cherry about

I didn't jinx you at the service station before I left Motherwell haha oops sorry

i love the mig 29 fulcrum

Just received my latest purchase today...Wideband 02 Lambda Sensor, with gauge. This is a standalone sensor with gauge, which will allow me to monitor the dynamic Air/Fuel Ratio across all speed/load ranges. Don't know when I'll get a chance to install...very busy at the moment!

p.s. pics to follow.

Keep up the good work John.