ok, so i changed my exaust/intake gasket today, and heat wrapped my exaust mani.
but, i found that the rearmost bolt is sheared inside the block, so its all gonna have to come back out again so i can drill/tap the hole...
couple pix


had to remove power sterring pump


before wrap,

uh, for some reason the after wrap pic did not save on the camera? i gotta figure that out

new gasket


bolt in hole...


and you think the 4 bangers are easy...


some pics are missing from the camera, i'll see about getting ones that will do the job tomorrow when the sun is up..

 

sweet dude

 

nice, wheres the other manifold? o, wait.............. LOL, nice work bat. i had to tap and pull a header bold out of my buddies LT1. it was sheared clean with the block. it took a while and good amount of beer.

 

finally!
And for 4-bangers being easy.... imagine doing all of that work twice!

 

How about instead of taking the exhaust manifold off a second time just drop an 8 in there I am sure you have access to a 5.2 and you are mechanically inclined ^^ haha

 

how does he have access to a 5.2? what did i miss??

 

**** enough friends together i have all the tools in my truck i could just go pull one from a parking lot....lol nah,

if i did any swap it would be either a 408 or a 4.0...
not sure which would be cooler,

 

4.0 for sure. i freakin love those things.

 

His sister has a 5.2 that wouldnt take much to to swap out into his

 

yea, she would just as soon shoot my before she lets me touch that engine...
lol

400$ to get this bolt pulled, since the head needs to be removed