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j-d
Jul 22, 2015Explorer II
If you can move all the bolts, every one, then try to find a shop that can resurface an exhaust manifold. A cylinder head machine usually can't do it since the crossover pipe connection interferes with the gasket surface reaching the machine's cutting surface. That's why the "Belt Sander."
If bolts'll move, try to use a non-ratchet tool and rock them both ways, spraying a lubricant down the threads best as you can.
If you decide to go this way, let us know and we can help look up the gasket. The fiber-looking ones don't work well for this. Try for stamped steel.
If bolts'll move, try to use a non-ratchet tool and rock them both ways, spraying a lubricant down the threads best as you can.
If you decide to go this way, let us know and we can help look up the gasket. The fiber-looking ones don't work well for this. Try for stamped steel.
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