Silicone Removing ? Manifold Stuck On Head

[speedtripledan]

The delightful fellow who built my engine seems to have used super silicone to seal my weber manifold to my cylinder head, I cannot break the seal to pull it off! Has anyone got any ideas on how I might do this without destroying my manifold ?? Brute force hasn't worked!!

[alantoon]

Can you remove studs with two nuts then you should be able to break the seal with a tap downwards with a block of wood and a hammer on the manifold flange ?

[Guest mower man]

Studs out as above and 0.8 mig wire used like a cheese cutter , if you have a windscreen service localy they might let you have some of the wire used for taking bonded screens out HTH mick

[speedtripledan]

That was my thought studs out, will give it a whirl tonight. Cheers chaps

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Dan have you got any thin locking wire you could use like a cheese cutter, once you have taken the front stud out ?

Might just be enough to break the seal.

 

 

 

Must read through all post before sticking my ore in :rofl:

Edited October 6, 2014 by Ian & Carole

[Steve49er]

Hi Dan, there is a Solvent that I bought from Screwfix that dissolves or softens Silicone I used it to remove a Number Plate on my wifes TinTop that I put on with Silicone as I do not like Drilling Holes in Metalwork. When we had to change the Plate I had the task of removing the Silcone Stuckon number plate. The Screwfix Stuff worked reasonably well but not instantaneous.

Hope you solve the problem.

Cheers Steve

[Guest mower man]

Dan have you got any thin locking wire you could use like a cheese cutter, once you have taken the front stud out ?

Might just be enough to break the seal.

 

 

 

Must read through all post before sticking my ore in :rofl:

Yes

[Guest chris brown]

Hi Dan, there is a Solvent that I bought from Screwfix that dissolves or softens Silicone I used it to remove a Number Plate on my wifes TinTop that I put on with Silicone as I do not like Drilling Holes in Metalwork. When we had to change the Plate I had the task of removing the Silcone Stuckon number plate. The Screwfix Stuff worked reasonably well but not instantaneous.

Hope you solve the problem.

Cheers Steve

OK if it is silicone but it sounds like sika, tiger seal or similar which is a right bugger to do anything with. So good luck with the cheese wire mate.