.........is all it takes to ruin my day.  . For a guy that has thousands of dollars in hand tools at his disposal, I ran into a brick wall on this exhaust manifold bolt. No wrench, socket, adapter, crowsfoot, or specialty tool in my inventory would get on this flange nut. The nut was too tight against the outlet pipe and at an extreme angle that was blocked by the AC lines.

I finally got the torch and knocked a side off it and then heated it to cherry red. That's the point when I decided to take the stud instead of the flange nut. Almost two hours in and this little 1/4" flex ratchet and a small Torx socket pulled the SOB free.

This particular flange nut in this location has ruined many a technicians day -- they're that notorious.

Tomorrow I install the new CAT -- wish me luck!

Quote from: muddy on May 15, 2024, 06:51:32 PM

Those connectors are notorious for that.

You mentioned CAT cleaning? What's your preferred method? Is it just a temporary fix?

Sent from my twisted mind of the mudman

Temporary fix Tim. I used a bottle of CataClean as directed and it solved the problem temporarily. Experience has taught me that once you get a P0430 or P0420, the specific Cat (left or right bank) is on its last legs. You can keep cleaning it, but eventually the code returns and it will need to be replaced in the very near future. Better to just replace it, along with the upper and lower sensors.

Kinda figured. I have the code on my truck. Watching the voltage readings while it runs it's evident that the cat is failing or failed.

I'll have to bite the bullet and put a new one in sometime.

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Well chit...
Go to the museum of flight , that is world class.
Take a drive over to Roslyn for breakfast.
If you can make it to Sumner for  breakfast at the buttered biscuit you'll be dreaming about that feed for weeks.

I don't know if it would work for your application,  but you can always mount a vise to a receiver hitch insert and work off the back end of a truck.

Working height and grinding/welding near a vehicle are the concerns there....   

I guess I shall concentrate on getting the other *crap* organized, IE the file cabinets all painted and mounted on Casters... then re-evaluate the indoor/outdoor situation.  (or keep an eye out for a decent second vise to mount outside permanently)

I don't know if it would work for your application,  but you can always mount a vise to a receiver hitch insert and work off the back end of a truck.