Tom Widnsor said: (quoted from post at 16:07:58 12/20/07) Mike, Get yourself a length of 2 inch pipe -- 5 inches long, then take a hack saw and cut crosswise in the threads so that you have 6 or 8 slots accross the threads and use this to clean up the thing.
Tom's suggestion of making a thread chaser works well. The taper on the nipple, by definition, is the same as in the manifold. How could it not be ?. . . they're both pipe thread and they eventually have to fit together.
Next question, which you haven't asked, is what you're going to do for a new exhaust pipe. Threading 2, or even 1 1/2 pipe with a borrowed die is no fun ( I just finished cutting the 1 1/2 pipe threads on my 340). I wasn't so lucky this time, but check a local metal recycler. On my last tractor rebuild (Cub) I found a 24 inch length of 1 inch SS pipe, already threaded, that I paid $5 for. Looks pretty slick!
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