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Busted manifold stud

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Busted manifold stud
From: Tburke4@aol.com
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 11:22:15 EST

Having moved upstream from the shot catalytic converter toward the cracked 
exhaust manifold, I have been locked in combat with the manifold studs and 
nuts. Most of the upper nuts/studs came free with the usual applications of 
liquid wrench, but the front lower nut would not budge (haven't even gotten 
to the miserable, shrouded, inaccessible, inner two long nuts yet). So, I 
applied heat to the front nut. It turned, it turned again, and then...it 
broke (many expletives-deleted).

So, it's drill-out time. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has been 
here and done this with these studs, in particular. I don't expect that an 
Easy-out will serve here, as frozen as these little #^&%@*'s are. 

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