Never-ending tale of woe F-150
I knew it was too good to be true. I finally get my trans/heating issues resolved. Just like clockwork (literally!) I now hear a pronounced ticking sound from the drivers side cylinder bank upon c...
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shepstone wrote:
When the manifold studs broke on my 03 5.4 I replaced the manifolds with a set of stainless steel shorty headers . One of the studs had broken off below the surface and I had to build up a bead and weld a nut on it . Its not that bad of a job on the 03 once you take the inner fenders off and then its easy access to the manifolds. The inner fenders are held on with a few bolts and snap fasteners. Done in one day then re torqued the bolts 2 wks later. Made a nice improvement in power and mileage.
Having even a cheap mig welder makes short easy work of this job. Welded nuts onto my studs and with all that heat they backed out like they where installed 5 minutes ago :C
