I am short of a manifold for another Southern Cross mower restoration and have given up looking for one. So I got to work on the weekend and made one! Not sure if it will work, but it is pretty close to the original. Just made out of scrap - cut up bits of plumbing fittings, stainless steel pipe, alloy for the carby end and mild steel for the piston block end. The hardest part was to make the two connecting ends. The material seemed a bit weak at a major join in the middle, so just to be on the safe side I decided to bind the entire pipe with fibreglass exhaust tape and epoxy resin. Then when it dried I re-coated it with another layer of epoxy resin. This should be "hella strong" once it is fully dry. Then will sand it off smooth and paint it. One problem I might have is that epoxy resin is said to be highly flammable, and the pipe does come pretty close to the exhaust. But I have the pipes on other Southern Cross manifolds painted with ordinary enamel paint, and they've never shown any signs of being bothered by the heat. Should I put some fibreglass between the exhaust and intake pipe just to be on the safe side?

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Last edited by CyberJack; 10/06/17 02:58 AM.