Slick111

Any one remove the Left exhaust manifold in the car got some rust showing on the studs/nuts in the engine head itself have the car on the lift and the cats and H pipe is already off so bottom side looks somewhat accessible motor mount have to come off ? Ideas-suggestions appreciated.

09GT/CS

You can get them out without pulling motor mounts PB blaster will be your friend. I swapped mine for BBK shorties without pulling the mounts. It can be done just have to be patient and work from top and bottom to get them out. I did it on stands so it was hard to support the engine and pull them with the clearance I had. Just take your time and be careful because the heads are aluminum and you can pull the threads out if not careful. If your really worried id let it soak in PB for a few hours then try to get them out. Id go for trying to get the whole stud in one go its got a small head on them at the very end 8mm if i recall correctly I used a ratcheting wrench to limit torque and made life much easier in the cramped space. You can pick up a set at harbor freight fairly cheap.

ghunt

Curious, why are you removing the manifold?

Definitely soak everything with PB Blaster overnight, or for a full day if possible. Some of the studs may come out with the nuts. If you're not removing the studs, it shouldn't be too hard to do.

Slick111

Removing due to both studs for the pipe join connection area are bad the P/O hacked it up stripped one and broke off the other drilled it out crooked it kept coming loose.

Mr.Ski

You don't have to pull the motor mount, but it makes it WAY easier if you do. Pull the mount and the stand off of the engine and jack it up an inch or two. You'll have all kinds of room for not much effort.

Slick111

Yep Mr Ski ended up pulling the motor mount loosened the trans mount and jacked the left side up an inch way much easier .

corny

Hey so I got a 2006 mustang Gt and my driver side header a stud is broken off so I wanna install all new studs on driver side it doesn’t look like there’s a lot of room someone said I had to pull out the engine completely but I first wanna see if there’s some secrets without removing engine?