Manifold

[arcticdreamsibes]

1 of the bolts that conect the exhaust on to the manifold has broken and i am not to sure about the other 2 one might be knackered would i be better to get a new manifold or do you think i should grind the bolts off and drill new holes and use some threaded rod and bolts to tighten it up?

Neil

[MrMPuk]

Just drill the holes right through and use nuts and bolts, bearing in mind if you want to get them undone again to use copper nuts.

[madmark]

goodluck with the drilling ! took me six very expensive drill bits to drill one stud on the v6 manifold!

[MrMPuk]

Yeah they are normally quite hard, so the other option is if there is a bit of the stud left in there that you can get a pair of mole grips on to then heat up the flange and work the stud back and forth to free it up.

[Luke]

Something i have done before with sheared bolts - if there isnt any bolt sticking out is keep blobbing mig weld on to it then cooling untill you get it high enough to get the stillsons/ molegrips on to - also the constant heating and cooling of the bolt, as MrP says loosens it and it comes out easier!!!

and very satisfying when it does !!!

[FredTransit]

I don't think you can get the manifolds new any more.