No kidding. Guy's a hack.
They don’t care about mechanics.
So what's the trick on removing the bolts. Been wanting to put headers on my truck but gonna be pissed as soon as I snap off a bolt.
I’ve never had an issue taking manifolds of an LS truck. Probably done 50+ of them over the years, probably more than that
I actually got good at that piece of crap. I think warranty book time was near 4 hours. Remember having to disassemble part of the front suspension to get it out. The hot ticket was having a Snap-on 1/4" drive 8mm swivel socket to get at that bolt way in the back. I was early on in my career and dropping that kind of money on 1 socket was tough to swallow. Older tech said it would cost me more money to NOT have that socket.
I have ranted like that while fixing several family members Ford POS's over the last 20 years! I don't know this guy's background, but common sense seems to at the forefront of his irritation. I can go in to a lot more detail on Fords fucked up engineering / plastic parts high wear items dating back to the mid 90's but will hold off until a GM hater chimes in!
Depends. . . .
I will say, out of the 50+ i've done - they weren't from rust belt areas.
No rust, 70k miles. That's what I've read is the outer bolts like to break more often. I planned on soaking in penetrate and hitting with a mini torch 1st. Thanks
If you break one off or its already broken, best way to remove is to just weld a nut to the broken end. Quick "tack" weld right smack dab in the center.
Especially for being a mechanic.
Umm, I'm not saying the Ford engineers are good, at all but GM engineers aren't any better. The one time they put a distributor in the front they mount it sideways with a small hole in it so water can get into it. They will climb over a mountain of virgins to fuck a tech just like every other automakers engineers.
I understand what you're saying, but I have never had to work on a LT1 / Opti Spark. I am not a mechanic but am mechanically inclined and have wrenched on every US manufactured vehicle brand and a couple of Japanese and German brands. Ford in my limited experience is the absolutely worst when it comes to cheeping out on high wear items (using plastic in starter gears in the late 90's on Exploders), shitty head gasket materials on V6's..try changing a starter on a 2012 F250 4x4 with a gas engine then tell me Ford Engineering Ford engineers are above GM engineers. If you have to do this, you will redact your response if you are being honest with yourself. Have yo ever replaced a cracked exhaust manifold on a late model F series? Yea, the cab is over the top of half the engine and most of the studs break off when you try and remove the nuts. Ford engineering sucks ass, GM isn't great, but Ford is much worse in my opinion.
Ford didn't make the Northstar
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