Loose exhaust manifold nut

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Originally Posted by lokka

Gday baz do you have access to a mig welder ...

If so wat you do is slowly build up hot tacks one on top of the other on the broken stud till it is proud of the hole enough to grab it with vice grips then they will undo nice n easy ive done this a few times and had heaps of success

cheers

chris

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That's a great idea, but i don't think i could trust my welding skills:whistling:

another trick when using a mig is when you have built up the stud enough weld a washer to it I use the thick machine washers not the paper thin ones you get from bunnings,the weld a nut to the washer use a bigger nut then fill up the hole.

the first time the studs were that tight that even with easy outs they would not come out I was worried about breaking a easy out in the stud that I ended up drilling them out an using a heli-coil to repair the threads

OK she's back up and running again with 3 new studs, a retiered guy did the extraction of the broken studs thisarvo and i put it back together, one of the hoses that goes from the intake from the airbox to the turbo had broken so i superglued it (temp job) it's a small thing that is bolted to the aircon and has 2 hoses one going to the air intake and th other going to turbo boost regulator/adjuster, anyone know what it is.

Baz.