Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Storage
Five blocks from home my intake manifold cracked:
Sounds and looks real bad! But, prices for new centermount manifolds like this one range from $40-$80 depending on new, used, rebuilt or what have you. Last winter I already took the topside of the engine apart so I know how to get in there, remove the manifold and install a new one. Guess I've got a new project!
The real loser here is my poor wife. She was looking forward to her usual garage parking spot that was supposed to be available today after I stored the Ghia at my friend Shad's unused, underground, heated parking space.
Two cool things about this:
1 - This is very likely a crack that formed over time and probably from the inside out, causing an ever worsening vacuum leak. That's why I could never set my idle quite right on the carb, if that's true! So, a new manifold should make the car run even better.
2 - I had to get towed home when the car wouldn't run and the quickest, most convenient way I could think of was to beg a huge favor for Jamie of Sunrise Cyclery just a block from my house. He towed my Ghia with his '66 VW Bus!
Here Jamie's hooking up the rope to his van
Making sure the knot is good and tight.
Sounds and looks real bad! But, prices for new centermount manifolds like this one range from $40-$80 depending on new, used, rebuilt or what have you. Last winter I already took the topside of the engine apart so I know how to get in there, remove the manifold and install a new one. Guess I've got a new project!
The real loser here is my poor wife. She was looking forward to her usual garage parking spot that was supposed to be available today after I stored the Ghia at my friend Shad's unused, underground, heated parking space.
Two cool things about this:
1 - This is very likely a crack that formed over time and probably from the inside out, causing an ever worsening vacuum leak. That's why I could never set my idle quite right on the carb, if that's true! So, a new manifold should make the car run even better.
2 - I had to get towed home when the car wouldn't run and the quickest, most convenient way I could think of was to beg a huge favor for Jamie of Sunrise Cyclery just a block from my house. He towed my Ghia with his '66 VW Bus!
Here Jamie's hooking up the rope to his van
Making sure the knot is good and tight.
posted by Chris Druckenmiller at 1:58 PM
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