Well, paint is delayed because I need to replace my air compressor. So I thought while I wait…
I figured I’d fix my ‘Hemi Tick’. The internets says these manifolds are the ones to solve the defect. This will be the second time I have to replace the passenger side. So the good news is getting these shipped from BD Diesel was super fast! SO I recommend it!
Updated bolt set, with BD diesel’s patented heatshield mounts!
Great packaging, and great looking manifolds.
Now for the bad news. The dipstick/heatsheild/manifold bold has snapped off at the head on the drivers side. For those of you not familiar with doing a manifold on the drivers side, is there is usually WAY more stuff in the way. So having a broken stud at the head on this side is not ideal. So far the first shop I contacted said ‘We won’t do it, we don’t have time. I’ve seen these go horribly wrong.’
So that’s promising.
Stay tuned, I’m going to do the passenger side because I know that stud has some meat that I can get some vice grips on to spin it out. Hopefully…