[Shotimes] y pipe removal/installation

[colin cooney]

Hey guys,

Thanks for all the good advice and thoughts on this, I guess I should have 
explained further that my primary area of concern is the front exhaust 
manifold, the one with two broken studs. The rear was ,frankly lucky, in 
that one nut came off the stud with no bother, and the other nut AND stud 
just backed right out of the hole, but is now seized up in my brand new deep 
15 mm socket. :)

I initially considered going at the front exhaust manifold, to just take it 
off in its entirety, but wonder if I wouldn't compound my project by 
potentially breaking some of THOSE bolts studs. Frankly, I really envy some 
of you when I read of "acetylene torches", benches, vices, air tools, etc. I 
really had it much better in Michigan when I could put her up on jack stands 
in the garage with a concrete floor, now I'm just that "scary dirty guy" in 
the parking lot of my apartments. The one saving grace is that my apartment 
manager has been away for the week in Michigan, I should have asked her to 
pick me up some goodies from Village Ford in Dearborn! (Note: somewhere in 
the fine print of my lease it says that working on cars is a no-no, so I've 
been a Bad Boy...)

Slept like a dead mackerel last night, so this first cup o joe is taking a 
while to get the ECU working, then I'm gonna go look for some PB blaster, a 
drill bit, some metal plates for under the jack stands, and any other skinny 
long gripping tools that will aid in access to the studs.

Sorry to go on, but I really appreciate all of your respective input and 
feedback on this, it lowers the "&#@!" factor and actually inspires me to do 
more in the future knowing that there is such a great resource of knowledge 
and people here. So thanks.

Colin (Red/gray 92 MTX just under 158K)

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