Re: The big coolant disaster. HELP!

Posted by Dave Merrick On 2010/11/16 19:44:37

I'm guessing this has been this way for a long time.
The nut was barely on the stud, perhaps 2 turns, but rusted in place. And there was no washer. Looks like someone striped it out previously and then went in deeper to try and get good threads. Then they barely had enough to keep the bolt on.

This one is a first for me. Never taken an exaust manifold off before. I'm imagining lots of heat and penn. oil on the nuts..... And I'm kinda scared now as to what condition the other studs are in. What do I need to be aware of? The Packard service manual doesn't reaally cover 60 yr old manifolds......