> I've read and heard horror stories about this. Is this something I should > leave to a pro or can I attempt this on my own? Travis, My answer to this is biased because I believe in doing this sort of work myself no matter what it takes. I've have replaced exhaust gaskets once before. It took all of one day, all night, and until about noon the next day. This job had to be finished before the out-of-town owner could drive it home. When I do it again, I would definitely schedule time for the car to be apart for a while. All the studs come out fine on the passenger side. But 3 broke off on the drivers side. Luckily these didn't break off at the surface, so I was able to grab and remove them with a cam-type stud extractor. I have since learned that there are better/smaller extractors available. But the 7mm studs used on our engines are an unusual size. I think that Sears is the only company that sells an extractor specifically meant for 7mm. I have check NAPA and Snap-On, and their extractor sets include an 8mm and a 9mm but skip 7mm. Perhaps one or the other or something from an inch set would be close enough. I'm in the middle of a full tune-up on my daily driver and broke an intake manifold bolt. I drilled it out and damaged the threads in the process. I could have either drilled it out to the next larger size or used a thread repair kit, so I opted for the repair kit. It is a 7mm x 1 which is the same thread as the exhaust manifold studs. It is basically a magnetic SS alloy spring. Works fine; looks great. And this is fine to use for exhaust manifolds, too. Walt Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=249982.3179269.4495679.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1524963/R=0/SIG=12ongbbsq/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/autore dir?camp=556&lineid=3179269?=egroupweb&pos=HM> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=249982.3179269.4495679.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1524963/rand=896986278> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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