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clinto · 03-17-2010, 08:11

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Originally Posted by Garandfan

The bolts that connect the turbo to the exhaust manifold sucked. Broke one bolt completely. The front/right bolt is impossible to get at. The nut was stripped. Had to remove the manifold/turbo as a whole and will separate later.

I did find that the bolts that hold the intake can unscrew if the nut gets stuck. Got me worried that i was stripping something out.

Turbo bolts: Same here, that's why you can see the turbo still bolted to my manifold in my thread. Go ahead and replace all 4 and consider liberally coating with anti-seize.

Intake studs & buts: Same here. I had a few nuts that were so tight, they caused the stud to unscrew. I tried to source replacements (even from the local Hercules dealer, via a John Deere dealer) and no one had the right size and pitches. A specialty fastener company will probably have them. I can't remember of those studs go into a water jacket, if they do, use RTV sealer.