TinMan 77 Report post Posted March 29, 2016 Guessing you have to yank the passenger side motor mount and jack up engine to get this silly thing off??? Can't even pull 2 and 3 exhaust studs out... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69RavenConv 288 Report post Posted March 29, 2016 I think you can remove the manifold and heat riser together providing you can get them loose. Definitely easier with the engine or head removed from the vehicle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69volunteer 84 Report post Posted March 29, 2016 I am able to twist and turn mine out without the manifold coming out. It should sit on the studs with a retaining nut and you shouldn't have to remove the exhaust manifold studs. If I remember correctly, it needs to go down and back towards the firewall then up.....it is a struggle which is why I think a lot of people ditched them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ray1970 88 Report post Posted March 29, 2016 No help here...So glad those days are behind me...The odds of the outer nut removing without the stud or tearing up the sheet metal were never good if it didn't snap off all together.. If you are going to pull the heads or the motor what till then to deal with it......If not....Good luck...I'm rooting for you.(Go Team) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TinMan 77 Report post Posted March 29, 2016 No help here...So glad those days are behind me...The odds of the outer nut removing without the stud or tearing up the sheet metal were never good if it didn't snap off all together.. If you are going to pull the heads or the motor what till then to deal with it......If not....Good luck...I'm rooting for you.(Go Team) Surprisingly enough the jam nuts backed right off... found that heating these with Mapp gas and then dousing with a 50/50 mixture of ATF and Acetone works wonders.. watch out for the fire though! :) Thanks for the tips.. head does have to come off but I'll try the twisting and back towards firewall method! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ray1970 88 Report post Posted March 29, 2016 I love a good fire.... When you find all of your extinguishers empty..... Good times Why my car is not a pile of ash is beyond me... 1 TinMan reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted March 29, 2016 Are you partial to the studs? If I were doing this, I'd back out the stud as far as possible, cut it off, then back out the rest. But that's me, and I enjoy destroying stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
