Anyone with a GMC Manifold Fitted

[Steve]

Had a bad day fitting yesterday, still got to play around with it, so sensor isnt as stressed. Also couldnt get some of the nuts studs on as nut was seized now isnt but just screwed in, is there like an alen key hole on the end of the stud to screw that in seperate?
Meaning the nut is just turning and not the stud, and cant get the stud in far enough! only happened on 3 of them but tightened them to the right torque i should be ok for now?

My main question is, how do i fit it to the centre section, as the gmc seems to work as a nut, and i got to fuck off bolts with it. do i still need to use my standard springs? help me out! cos need my car for work and its blowing like a whore :afro:

[Steve]

Oh and urgent help needed! Photo's diagrams would be a great help, please note my standard nut and bolt wont fit :n:

[Steve]

got all nuts and studs on manifold done :y: could do with a couple of new ones though! should be fine for a couple of days.

now my next question is, relocating the sensor! it just fits but a lot of strain on in. how can i get it to reach more? should i cud a slit in the plastic case that covers wires?

then next step is getting it rigged up to centre section, as its blowing like hell.

[AlexR]

lambda wiring - it should be plenty long enough its the routing that affects how tight it is.

studs - if you lock 2 nuts on, wind the stud in, then unlock the nuts, do the inner one up tight, then you should be able to wind the outer one off easily. tap out the threads in the head to clean them too.

gmc works as a nut? as in it has a thread welded to it? weird! mine used normal(ish) bolts and springs, had to get shorter bolts though as the std vts ones were much too long to get it to seal

[Steve]

yeah its got a thread on it, rang manic motors there.... as they fitted it to the car it was on previous and took it off last week. Said do it for £50 and getting it lowered at same time so knocked a few pound off. looking at £137 lowered and manifold done. and they will do a proper job aswel, so wasted my time yesterday fitting it, never mind though was worth a shot.

[Predator_R32]

ask hesslevtr he has one :y:

[hesslevtr]

ask hesslevtr he has one :y:

its ok im here to save the day

by the sounds of it your puttting the wrong sensor in the manifold

is there anything else you still cant figure out

i dont think i used my springs on the clamp think i just used the gmc ones

[Steve]

wrong sensor i only have one lol! manifold is on but cant get centre section on properly! going to get it fitted properly for £50 :n: seems a waste to be honest but the lad who is doing it is a sound lad! he said he would have to take it off and start over, could have saved the hassel and still felt able to drive my car without sounding like a tractor. Getting it lowered at the same time.... Total cost of £137....

[hesslevtr]

oh didnt see that u had early engine my bad

thast a good price though for lowering and manifold fitting

[Steve]

you think? cheers, will report back on findings as getting it away to body shop on the monday, hopefully can stop spending on it as it should be all sorted now :y:

[hesslevtr]

yeah its a good price

some people charge near 200 just for the lowering alone

[Steve]

yeah its a good price

some people charge near 200 just for the lowering alone

made me feel better mate, rep'd! step in the right direction, trying to get a cat back exhaust for sat! so fitted all in one go and i need a dimma grill for the monday to get CC'd when wing getting done! then should be looking good. will do my fogs black this week :y:

[boz]

if i remember correctly??
my vtr gmc manifold used the same style bolts as standard.
i had to cut a join new wires to the lambda sensor to get the extra length, that worked fine.

i got a new set of studs and nuts for the engine part of the manifold, then i got a new fibre ring seal and the bolts, springs and nuts. its easy to do yourself mate, im doing mine today if you want to pop over?? pm me if you do and i can direct you to mine :)

trick is to fit some zorst putty into the clamp and seal area of manifold/zorst. then fit the bolts with springs and nuts, dont over tighten this as it is there to flex with the zorst movement. have you got all the studs holding the manifold to the engine in? how about the gearbox mounting bolt that keeps the manifold to the box, is that in?

[boz]

got to sort mine out today as its blowing like a bitch too. shitty designed zorst system on the saxo lol thats my excuse, nothing to do with the way i drive ;)

[hesslevtr]

got to sort mine out today as its blowing like a bitch too. shitty designed zorst system on the saxo lol thats my excuse, nothing to do with the way i drive ;)

yeah right iv seen the way you drive

[Karl]

he's such a hardcore driver, he set the damn VTR on fire ;)

[Steve]

need a few new studs, gaskets, got the bolt to the gearbox side of things. Up to you if you think you can do it or should i just leave it to chris paul?

[Steve]

manic motors has fitted my manifold to the previous car it was on, and he used different bolts like, cheers for the offer boz. by the time i drive up there and then buy new gaskets and studs nuts etc mayswel just take it to manic motors for £50 as going to be there anyway. what you think?

[hesslevtr]

he's such a hardcore driver, he set the damn VTR on fire ;)

and he nearly crashed into me to*

*supose that might be my fault for spinning infront of him though ;)

[boz]

and he nearly crashed into me to*

*supose that might be my fault for spinning infront of him though ;)


i did well not to hit you:panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: new brakes worked a treat ;)

its up to you my mate, if you want me to do it for you i can. im waiting for a call from work as i have a job on in aberdeen this week sometime. was expecting it yesterday and today, but nothing yet. drop me a txt and let me know what you want to do?? i wont charger £50 ;) lol i can do it tomorrow night for you if im still home. you have my number, its up to you :)

just sorted mine today, took all of 10mins :).

mr hessle: i was calling my driving before. but it seems that the lambda sensor was a tad loose some how :) i put a small 'china man' on it with a spanner, took the clamp off and put some new putty in, boxed it up and jobs a good un ;)

[boz]

he's such a hardcore driver, he set the damn VTR on fire ;)

lol wish i had not :cry: :cry: :cry: :wall:

you have to give it some every now and then to blow the cob webs out :)
thats my excuse and im sticking to it ;) lol

[Steve]

i did well not to hit you:panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: new brakes worked a treat ;)

its up to you my mate, if you want me to do it for you i can. im waiting for a call from work as i have a job on in aberdeen this week sometime. was expecting it yesterday and today, but nothing yet. drop me a txt and let me know what you want to do?? i wont charger £50 ;) lol i can do it tomorrow night for you if im still home. you have my number, its up to you :)

just sorted mine today, took all of 10mins :).

mr hessle: i was calling my driving before. but it seems that the lambda sensor was a tad loose some how :) i put a small 'china man' on it with a spanner, took the clamp off and put some new putty in, boxed it up and jobs a good un ;)

for ease use of petrol etc etc just taking it to manic motors as its going anyway! cheers though mate its really appriciated :y:

[hesslevtr]

lol wish i had not :cry: :cry: :cry: :wall:

you have to give it some every now and then to blow the cob webs out :)
thats my excuse and im sticking to it ;) lol

bloody good excuse to

our close encounter always gives me nightmares

2 geordies nearly flying into the side of my car