I am searching for used or new exhaust nuts for an 83-88TC I have looked everywhere in town and nobody has anything similar. the thread is 7/16 X 14 please help!!!
Are you talking about the bolts that hold the downpipe to the exhaust elbow?
Actually, those are 12 x 1.75....
not according to ford, anyways the nuts arent my problem :( my less than a year old stinger down pipe has a broken :shoothead:
Sucks to here about that. Maybe stinger will give you a deal on fixing it.
Did you not have a hanger at the transmission crossmember?
:( no but I will have one installed as soon as I get the DP straightened out with stinger, I think he plans on doing something to help me with the whole deal. I'll keep you all posted on how it turns out. thanks
here is what happened :flame:
that SUCKS
shiznit dude. Just bad welding on that one?
that should take about 15min at a ler shop to fix.
Gotta have a hanger at the transmission crossmember, man...weight and vibration are what made it break.
Hey, be glad it wasn't your exhaust manifold or exhaust elbow that broke.
stinger agreed to send me another DP to trade for the one I have so he can research and make them stronger so it doesnt happen again. I'll have the ler shop make a hanger once I get the new DP installed
Ive run mine without the hanger for almost a year now.
does anyone know where to get these new?
You can get regular nuts in that size about anywhere. Lowe's etc.
If you want deformed thread d locknuts like the stockers are, you'll have to order them from somewhere like McMaster-Carr.
Head to the parts store and get some grade 8 d nuts either that or some brass ones. I've been running the Grade 8 ones for 5+ years and no problems.
that would work fine on a stock exhaust, the stinger dp doesnt allow you enough room for a wider nut so the stock nuts are pretty much the only thing you can use