February 2, 200620 yr Got the car running great, it finally idles down, stopped burning oil, all the electrical has come back to life, then I comeout to a 6" green puddle under the car. The right hand intake leg has started leaking coolant at the base gasket. It doesn't seem to be burning any yet, just leaking to the outside. So, I am now taking all bets, how many of the six bolts will break?
February 2, 200620 yr im guessing 2 will break.. thats the least ive had break when removing the manifold. 5 out of 6 is the best (or worst) ive managed to have. good luck! rllywgn
February 2, 200620 yr I had good luck, no broken, using a air impact to gently remove the bolts the breaker bar method broke 3
February 2, 200620 yr a great thing to do when you go to put the intake back on it get new bolts or use a wire wheel on the current ones. I would go with new myself since the originals probably already have some rust eating away at them. Then get a bottle of antisieze, the stuff that EVERYONE should be using on their sparkplugs, and put a little on the threads. It will make you life sooooo much easier if you have to do this down the road... or the next Sube nut that gets ahold of your car.
February 2, 200620 yr And use OEM gaskets for the manifold ONLY. They are a lot better. Otherwise you'll probably be doing them again soon. GD
February 2, 200620 yr Antiseize is great, but DONT use the silver on spark plugs. Use the Copper on the spark plugs, and the silver for everything else. We learned the hard way at the shop that the silver doesnt give a good ground for the spark plugs. We bought a round of copper for all the techs, and we stopped having misfire problems. Alex (at D&S harley)
February 2, 200620 yr Worst... 3 broke. Best... 0 broke I average 1 per 15 Engines when I was scrappingout EAxxs for a living.
February 2, 200620 yr Alex C thanks for that tip, I have been using the silver and experiancing missfireing. I will have to look into that next time I do my plugs. I agree with the antiseize use it on any fastener connected to the aluminum block
February 3, 200620 yr Only time I've borked one was putting it back in after replaceing the gasket..... too tight. Oops! GD
February 3, 200620 yr i bet none.......if you spray with some type of liquid wrench,pb blaster or whatever that other stuff is called.
February 3, 200620 yr Author What about doing it with the engine semi-warm? When I broke the pivot ball off, I welded a washer onto it, and it came out with finger pressure. As far as anti-seize, for something like this I use Magnalube G. It's a teflon based lube, I have used it for tons of stuff, including exhaust/intake bolts on my old 300-6, and they just spin out, no rust.
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