IRingTwyce
I ROCK at bumper cars!
I'm working on replacing my head gasket. When I removed the 10 nuts holding the exhaust manifold to the cylinder head, all 10 mounting studs came with them. I'm not surprised, as this is a 96 that has apparently never had them removed before, so they were rusted/fused together.
My questions are: When I reinstall the manifold, can I reuse the fused studs/nuts or do I need to buy new ones? If I do need to buy new studs/nuts, are these a dealer only item, or will an OTC store have them? Lastly, is there a gasket between the manifold and the cat? As I'm not completely removing the manifold, just getting it loose from the head, I can't really tell.
Thanks!
--IR2
My questions are: When I reinstall the manifold, can I reuse the fused studs/nuts or do I need to buy new ones? If I do need to buy new studs/nuts, are these a dealer only item, or will an OTC store have them? Lastly, is there a gasket between the manifold and the cat? As I'm not completely removing the manifold, just getting it loose from the head, I can't really tell.
Thanks!
--IR2