Hey guys,


I recently got my 5spd swap in order. I put new gaskets on the entire exhaust system and tried very hard to get everything lined up well. I messed up the first time with a bad leak from not correctly mounting the exhaust hanger bracket on the front of the catylic converter. Now I can't feel any air coming out, and my shifter boot is rather warm, almost hot, after 30 minutes of driving.

Is this normal?

I never noticed anything warm around my shifter when the auto trans was in there....

Is the cat flippable? I didn't think it would be since the bolt pattern is not symmetrical....

Thanks

 

are the heat shields all good?

 

Throw some high temp paint on both sides of the heat shield and re-install

 

Yea the heat shields are there, and just to clarify, the shield on the cat is not supposed to be pointing up is it?

I shall try painting them and see what happens, that sounds like a reasonable fix.

I'm, just worried about the lower boot melting and starting a fire......

Has anyone noticed a warm shifter?

 

I assume aftermarket cat? Some have a built-on heat shield on one side, some don't. If yours does, obviously flip it where it's oriented between the cat and the underside of the car. If not, don't worry about it.

My shift boots have always gotten warm on 3 different VE 5 speeds I've owned. Even the center console section against my right leg gets warm. Nothing to worry about at all.

Good job getting your swap completed

 

boot shouldnt melt, i doubt it can get that hot. as hot as it was after 30 minutes of driving is about as hot as it can get since its just exhaust heat that cant get much hotter

my truck does the same thing, shifter doesnt get hot but after about a hour the center console and pedal area gets warm. its normal

 

I really need to get my heat shields back on

 

How did you put it on upside down?

 

My car did this even with the heat shield off. Now it doesn't do it anymore. Idk why.

 

Thanks James,


I have a stock cat, and I mounted it with the shield on the underside as I thought it is a bash guard, if that's what it would be called on a car. I know that's the term used for guards on bicycle cranks, but not the crappy plastic ones or pretty metal ones on older bikes.....

It's been a long three years of rebuilding, and there is some funny stuff I need to go back and redo. My ride is ultra stiff from too much oil in the rear struts, perhaps, and I think I used cheapo monroe parts off rockauto, which I recently read is a garunteed stiff ride..

Also, I put in a new ISB since the one in the trans was making noise before I put in a decent clutch. I had to replace the seal there anyway since it was bad, and it killed the clutch, perhaps. I think jagerblunt, whom I bought the first clutch from, bombed it because it would slip in any situation when I would try to get on it.

My new ISB is making noise, though, and I'm, perplexed as to why it is being funny. Could Timken produce that cheap of a part?

 

As far as I could assume, there is only one way to mount it, and the shield is facing down for me. I wanted to make sure I didn't royally screw up since it seemed like it had to go that direction.

 

My shifter boot was always warm, but not hot.

 

Mine too.