[DMCForum] Exhaust heat

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's your converter. Compare to manifold heat on passenger side. Have
no idea why those things run so hot. With mine gutted, exhaust tips
are still too hot to hold, but not by much. Cool down within minutes.
Engine itself is another story (cools down by next week).

Lincoln put Mark V converters next to manifolds. Driver's side sits
right under steering coupling disc and brake master cylinder. No heat
shield either. Am sure that's why both go prematurely bad. Own 5
Marks, replaced on all (compare to truck w/ 190,000 miles on original
coupling disc and second master cylinder).

Idling, my DeLo fans kick on within 5 - 10 minutes.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> Don't worry, I believed you about the vacuum. New injector seals and 
> O-rings are in the mail.
> 
> All the heat is coming from the muffler. The engine compartment is 
> holding up fine.
> 
> Believe it or not, my engine ran so cool that I couldn't get the fans 
> to kick on at all just by idling. I had to drive it around the block 
> and put the engine under load and THEN park for a minute for the fans 
> to click.
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
> wrote:
> > If the studs are conventional (anybody know?), just press bad one(s)
> > out and new ones in. Available in English and metric at most parts
> > houses (Advance and Autozone both sell). I use plain old vise with
> > sockets as the receivers. Good time to replace wheel bearings too
> > (those may be DeLo vendor).
> > 
> > Don't forget to lube angle drive while you're down there.
> > 
> > Re: vacuum leaks: *NOW* do you believe me? PRV is unlike anything
> > domestic. What *WERE* the French thinking (Volvo's name is on there,
> > but looks Norman to me. If it looks like a Frog and croaks like a
> > Frog, what else could it be). The poor thing sucks so hard on 
> itself I
> > am surprised it doesn't collapse like a black hole. Oh wait, can't
> > collapse while sucking all that outside air.
> > 
> > Is your heat engine or exhaust? Can't do much about the engine (how 
> do
> > those cylinders get so hot sitting in a bathtub full of coolant?), 
> but
> > exhaust heat will drop dramatically if you jetison catalytic
> > converter. Compare to manifold temp around starter motor and you'll
> > see what I mean.
> > 
> > How's that plastic engine compartment treating you?
> > 
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> > 
> > >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> > > Good news: Using a cheater bar & wheel chocks I freed the last 
> stuck
> > > nut on the driver's front.
> > > 
> > > Bad news: The passenger front stripped out totally.
> > > 
> > > Good news: New otterstat works great. Fans kick on.
> > > 
> > > Bad news: Still hotter'n hell without the heatshield.
> > > 
> > > Good news: Fixed the shift linkage. Have reverse.
> > > 
> > > Bad news: Still finding more vacuum leaks. :)
> > > 
> > > Good news: Took her for the first drive OUTSIDE of the parking 
> lot. On
> > > the street!
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Boy did people stare.....you'd think I was driving an M1A1 Abrams 
> or
> > > something.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Rich
> > > #5335



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