That's because one side goes inside the motor mount
bar, and the other side goes outside the bar

Kinda anti-intuitive if you ask me... but then, not a
whole lot made since when I pulled my engine.

Don't forget that the exhaust studs go on the front of
the drivers head, and the back of the passenger head -
bolts are opposite :)

Mark

--- Buffy & Philip Simmons <buffy-philip1@COX.NET>
wrote:
> Well, this is an odd one for me.  I installed the
> engine but can not get
> the exhaust back in. Let me try and explain.
>
> I had the engine rebuilt and pulled the motor
> myself.  I pulled the
> exhaust after the engine was dropped and kept it in
> one piece (that is
> the 2 "header pipes" connected the collector pipe).
> I disconnected the
> catalytic converter and muffler.  BTW, this is a 1.9
> watercooled motor.
>
> Engine was rebuilt and I have it in the car, mounted
> to the tranny and
> engine mount bracket.  So far so good.
>
> Trying to mount the exhaust, and I don't think its
> possible.  ON the
> passenger side, the header pipes line up to the
> exhaust port on the
> heads fine (I have them come in from behind the
> motor mount bar on the
> rear.  BUT on the drivers side, the rear exhaust
> header pipe will not
> fit.  It will not fit behind the motor mount bar (it
> falls ~3" short of
> the head) and it will not fit in front of the motor
> mount (the pipe
> needs to be in the same physical location as the
> motor mount bar on the
> drivers side).
>
> Cant believe this will not bolt up.It came out
> ok.its almost like the
> installation is different than when I pulled, but I
> bolted it up and the
> tranny is mated to the motor.
>
> Anyone else had this problem?  I really don't have
> any Idea what to do,
> short of towing it to the dealer.

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