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gshadel
07-23-2004 07:18:04
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Re: TO20 Manifold in reply to Nick, 07-22-2004 21:06:42
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Nick, I replaced the manifold on my TO-20 last Winter. The new manifold I got had a slightly different casting style, or shape, and the exhaust flange was a flat bolt flange instead of the old style. Don't know if the casting change was due to "modern" manufacturing techniques, standardization of parts, or whetever. At first I thought they sent the wrong manifold, but it came with a conversion flange to convert the exhaust to the original style, the ports were correct, and it mated-up nicely to everything.
I installed it, it works good. I still think the new style looks kind-of dorky compared to the original style.
I cleaned, then painted the new manifold with bright aluminum hi-temp manifold paint before installing it. Had to cure the paint in the oven, stunk-up the house, made the wife mad, but man did it look good! When I painted my tractor, I painted over the manifold paint with the tractor enamel. After running it a while, the enamel on the exhaust half of the manifold has turned brown/black, blistered-up and starting to peel, leaving the shiny hi-temp paint underneath...looks "interesting". By the end of Summer, I'm guessing all the enamel will have burned-off the exhaust portion leaving the shiny hi-temp paint. That will look interesting too! I have heard several guys that use black hi-temp paint... That's your call. Sorry for the long reply, that's my story, I'm sticking with it. Good luck.
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