Lamar

I have a 2000 Mustang with a 3.8. The right side exhaust manifold broke at the flange. How difficult is it to replace? Any advise would be appreciated.


Lamar

PONY GUY

It will take the better part of a afternoon with a good set of tools a can of PB catalyst spry or wd40 it should work out ok

Lamar

If I run into a problem what will it most likely be?

PONY GUY

ceized manifold bolt . YOu could break the hea doff and leave teh rest of the bolt in the head but take you time let the car run for a while to let it get hot them spray teh bolt down with rust penitrator while te manifold is still hot and they should come back out. Work each bolt back and forth as you take the out so you dotn mess teh threads up

Lamar

Thanks for the advise. I bought a can of PB Blaster today and will replace the manifold tommorow. I'll let you know how it goes.

PONY GUY

kool like i said let it run for a while, the heat will free up the bolts and spray them with pb while its running and goodd n' hot. work the bolts in and out as u remove them dont try to remove them in a hurry or they are destin to break

Good luck let us know how u make out

Lamar

Well, everything went pretty good on getting the manifold out. But, when my brother went to remove the rail from the old manifold he accidential broke it. So, we just left it off. The car seems to run just fine without it.