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Originally Posted by pwd72s
Did you pull the remaining 3 rusty studs? Hope so...it would be a good "as long as you're in there" move.
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Originally Posted by Bob Kontak
I bet he will. Dorman makes a nice replacement set of studs.
I have done several of these and once you get a good grip on the studs they come out without issue.
Issue is getting the right tool at the right angle, etc. Close quarters in an F250 for several of those studs.
It's more tedious than hard but I still don't care for the job.
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That's the weird thing. There were three studs, one on the top and 2 on the bottom, that were actually really clean and the nuts came off after breaking loose from the manifold. One of the fasteners I was really stressing about was directly in the middle of the engine cross member and there was no way to get a socket and swivel in there. I got my 1/2 ratchet with a deep well socket in there. I had to pretty much bring one arm around the front side and the other the back of the cross member to work the ratchet. I prepared for a battle, and the thing popped right loose!
I'm considering changing the last three but not sure it's necessary. When everything goes back together I'm going to put a little copper anti seize on.
As for the right tool, a longer 15mm socket, not a deep well but just longer than a standard socket, a 1/2 impact swivel, two longer 1/2 extensions and two 1/2 swivel extensions made accessing most of them very easy. I was more sweating snapping a stud that getting at the majority of the fasteners. I took the front tire off. Removed the inner fender, put jack stands under the truck and has the jack under the front axle so I could raise or lower it. I found that lowering it really helped with gaining access. The new manifold comes today! So hopefully it'll be back up and going by this evening when I get time to put it all back together.