manifold questions

This is a manifold on a Farmall 544 row crop with a c200 4 cyl gas engine. As you can see it cracked just to the left of the exhaust pipe. It is actually cracked the whole way around and is in 2 peices if I remove it. The c200 has 3 different manifolds made with the only difference being where the exhaust comes up. The one matching mine is 400 bucks. The other with the exhaust port 2 inches right from the center of the manifold is 120 dollars! Can you get elbows or bent pipe so the exhaust can be used to come out through the hood in the same place? I can't punch a new hole in the hood as the gas tank is right above where the center of the manifold. Any thoughts or do I just need to bite the bullet and spend 400 bucks?

I don't know where you are in Pa , but I'm just over the line in md . Toss that manifold in a box , hand it to the ups man and I'll fix it for you
with O/A cast iron .I won't take but a few minutes.

george

That sure looks like a perfect canditate for a welding job to me even tho it is cast.

Betcha a professional welding shop could easily braze that manifold right back together for under $50.

Allan

I had one on a 4020 gas that was split in the middle like that. I think I welded the part I could get to on the tractor (been 10+ years not positive) with nickle rod then I pulled it off and did the rest. It did end up warping so I had to mill it flat again. The bolt holes needed oversized too but it has held up very well.

I have welded several manifolds with nickle rod and they seem to weld up good. Or you could braze it I did one on a chevy 454 I did all I could before removing it then finished the rest. You might even be able to take it off first and bolt it down to something flat to align it.