Aaaarrrggghhh. Not my manifolds!
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Disaster has struck. The very thing you do not want to fail failed. My intake manifolds.
Bike lost its top end, then on limping home stopped idling and needed a pick up (thank my mate with a van – no recovery costs).
Upon further investigation I found the failed manifolds.
She is running again thanks to this superglue, worked a treat and manifolds are air tight and flexible. Marcel’s advise was try and save them and replacements will be expensive.
Now the hunt begins for replacements – cheapest good quality are £300 for pair. Ouch, Marcel was right about cost!!!!
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Yikes! – Before i could say anything more , how is it all going so far then ?
Expensive to replace but won’t stop me getting them if i was asked to , even if i have to scour the earth for some!
Much rarer than GT manifolds, it is wise for GV owners to do their best to treat the manifolds well.
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They are working for now. I am on the hunt for a set of originals but I do have a plan. Keep you all posted if it comes to anything (not what I mentioned to you Marcel 😀 ).
The manifolds are just a shaped tube with a standard manifold connections on each end and vacuum conns in the tube. There will be a way round this that does not involve paying £300 to a person for a used set. They should be £35 for one £70 for the pair. I take it as a challenge to find a way round this issue. Off out to take some measurements and order the parts I need. I am ok at fixing and fabricating repairs of many things as I was an electrical engineer who salvaged and repaired when younger – there is nearly always another way!
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