Man it's been awhile since I made any progress of the old gal. But alas, work has continued over the past two weekends. First up, I planted the engine back in. Took a bit to get it in there with the header. It was pretty close to the steering box and probably rubbed a few times, but I got her in.
Second was how to connect the exhaust pipe to the header, since I did not have the connector to begin with. This is where the fun began.
What I needed was to make a 2 inch pipe match a 2.5 inch pipe. Since I don't have access to a spreader and I really didn't want to take a trip in town, I basically used a hydraulic press and two trailer hitch balls to make the difference. First one down was the 2 inch and then the 2.5 inch. Once that was done, I fabricated a mounting plate out of plate steel to match the header bolt design. Then welded the pipe to the plate. All in all, it turned out pretty good. Here is the result:
Top
Side
And straight down
Think it will work as planned!