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Subject:Re: exhaust bolts / studs... tips or tricks?
From:Walt Spak
Date:Sun, 18 May 2008 18:48:29 -0500

Scott,

You really ought to try Kroil!!!

I maintain that the best thing to do with the replacement tin is to not
attach it at the exhaust.  Bolt it to the crankcase and wire tie the
exhaust end to something above.

Walt

Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:

>Well it depends if you are dealing with a nut on a stud ( very easy to deal
>with relatively speaking )
>Or a bolt threaded into the head.
>
>They go in a long way too, like 1.5 inches, even more.
>Stock, the start out with studs and nuts on one end of the head, bolts on
>the other.
>First, the BEST penetrating oil, bar none is called PB Blaster.
>Penetrating catalyst,
>Nothing else even comes close.
>It is twice as good as Gunk's liquid wrench say.
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