Exhaust manifold bolt ... advice needed!
I recently purchased a 1997 Ford Class A with a 460 engine. The exhaust manifold issues have been well documented and so I decided to put Banks headers and exhaust on it. All my manifold bolts seemed ...
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Also if you heat the stud you'll expand it, you want to expand the head around the stud. The head is a huge heat sink so you'll want to use an oxyacetylene torch to generate enough heat. Don't worry about flaming the residual ATF and PB blaster, what little is left that hasn't evaporated will promptly burn off. Still it's always good to have a fire extinguisher handy in case you catch something else on fire.
BTW if you don't have an oxyacetylene torch, Bernzomatic makes a relatively inexpensive hobbyist's torch that uses oxygen/Mapp gas that'll give you enough heat.
Steve
BTW if you don't have an oxyacetylene torch, Bernzomatic makes a relatively inexpensive hobbyist's torch that uses oxygen/Mapp gas that'll give you enough heat.
Steve
