Hello, I live near Mt. Clemens in SE MI and am looking for a recommendation for a shop to take my truck to get the broken exhaust manifold bolts replaced (2001 V10). My Ford dealer wants $1,000

 

Yea, it probably wont be to much cheeper then that, but I'm sure you can get it for 400-500.

 

im not a shop but i could do it for you if you have a place to work. i could use the extra money so it would be worth it to me. pm me if your interested.

 

are theses the ones at the head or at the pipes?

 

These are the manifold studs, so at the cylinder head.

 

how many did you break and are the heads alum or cast?

 

There are about 4 bolts per head that are broken now, but the fix is to replace all 20 of them (ten per head). The heads are aluminum.

 

Damn how the hell does that happen? I would let littleme13 handle it for you he seems to know about this issue and has the tools and time,,, I bitch about the FE motors having breaking one exhaust manifold bolt, which is a common thing with the BB exhaust at the heads, I would use antisize compound on the new ones with a locking type fasteners so they dont get loose by accident and dont corrode in the cast alum mounting threads.

 

Yea. antisieze is a must. =)