05 3v exhaust stud broken
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05 3v exhaust stud broken
Lookin under the hood tonight and I see the nut on the driver front cyl is not sitting on the manifold. I reach in and grab it and it comes right out. Busted off in the head. I could be wrong but I thought this was not a problem on the 05 3v's?
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Wow. Haven't heard of any of the 3-valvers with this problem. And with the exhaust manifold on the 3-valvers not being a "log", I woulda thought they could expand and contract without pulling too much on the studs. Guess not.
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Yup. The coil bucket is right in the way.
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Well I replaced the broken stud today. And yes the spring tower is in the way, but it was the front cylinder on the drivers side so not to bad.
There was no way for me to see where I was going to be drilling so using the picture above and a 12mm bolt cut down to a little over a 1/2in I drilled an offset hole to use it as a drill guide. I had to put a little weld on the 12mm bolt and tapped it into the oversized mounting hole in the manifold for a snug fit. then I clocked it to the position the stud was offset in the hole. I had to disconnect the steering shaft to gain just enough clearance to get an air drill in there. Once the hole was drilled in the stud extraction with an ez-out was.....EZ.
There was no way for me to see where I was going to be drilling so using the picture above and a 12mm bolt cut down to a little over a 1/2in I drilled an offset hole to use it as a drill guide. I had to put a little weld on the 12mm bolt and tapped it into the oversized mounting hole in the manifold for a snug fit. then I clocked it to the position the stud was offset in the hole. I had to disconnect the steering shaft to gain just enough clearance to get an air drill in there. Once the hole was drilled in the stud extraction with an ez-out was.....EZ.
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