mutha $Q#(&$(*&#%(# rusty bronco!!!
So I start to change my headers on my bronco about 11 am, finished 1st side 3 am. Now it is 7 am and I am in the office hallucinating from no sleep. So I start off by jacking her up, which was a project as my craftman jack just broke and I did not want to go buy another one as I have been researching them so i can get the best one. I have this other tiny craftsman 2 ton jack that goes up like maybe 15 inches. So i have 4 2 x 4 on the thing to get the truck up, raises it just barely enough to get the tire off the floor, i know not the smartest thing. take off the wheel well which was annoying. Then I start to see if the bolts on the headers will come off. Hit the first one with an impact, right out, second one right out. So I go to disconnect the manifold from the midpipe and those bolts are rusted solid. So much rust that the threads on the bolts are completely gone. Then I notice that I do not have the huge hole in my manifold that i thought. The manifold just seperated from the midpipe because the flange rotted through, so i just waste money on the headers! those bolts strip, i try several strip bolt removers and nothing works. So i decided I have to cut/grind them off. Well it was so tight in there I had to use a dremel cut off wheel because it was small except those cut off wheels are delicate and I must have cracked 10 of them. cut, grind, cut grind...this goes on for about 3 hours and I finally get off one of the bolts, then on to the other one, repeat process. finally get it disconnected after a good 5 hours of grinding.(my grinder sucks) Go to remove the rest of the manifold bolts they all come out with ease except the last fugging bolt, off coarse it is rusted solid so i have to grind that mofo off also. finally get it off and the new header one the passenger side. go to tighten up the flange and forgot it was rotted through and would not tighten, now this is around 2:30 am so I just said screw it, tightened it the best i could and put the truck back together. not it is basically open headers, man my neighbors must have loved me playing musical cars last night at 3 am.
This none stop wrench a thon was inspired by the impending noreaster that was due to hit this morning, WHERE IS THE FREAKING SNOW!!! So i drove the mustang to work!
ps. I wound up buying a sick jack from covins auto parts on one of my several trips there yesterday.
So I start to change my headers on my bronco about 11 am, finished 1st side 3 am. Now it is 7 am and I am in the office hallucinating from no sleep. So I start off by jacking her up, which was a project as my craftman jack just broke and I did not want to go buy another one as I have been researching them so i can get the best one. I have this other tiny craftsman 2 ton jack that goes up like maybe 15 inches. So i have 4 2 x 4 on the thing to get the truck up, raises it just barely enough to get the tire off the floor, i know not the smartest thing. take off the wheel well which was annoying. Then I start to see if the bolts on the headers will come off. Hit the first one with an impact, right out, second one right out. So I go to disconnect the manifold from the midpipe and those bolts are rusted solid. So much rust that the threads on the bolts are completely gone. Then I notice that I do not have the huge hole in my manifold that i thought. The manifold just seperated from the midpipe because the flange rotted through, so i just waste money on the headers! those bolts strip, i try several strip bolt removers and nothing works. So i decided I have to cut/grind them off. Well it was so tight in there I had to use a dremel cut off wheel because it was small except those cut off wheels are delicate and I must have cracked 10 of them. cut, grind, cut grind...this goes on for about 3 hours and I finally get off one of the bolts, then on to the other one, repeat process. finally get it disconnected after a good 5 hours of grinding.(my grinder sucks) Go to remove the rest of the manifold bolts they all come out with ease except the last fugging bolt, off coarse it is rusted solid so i have to grind that mofo off also. finally get it off and the new header one the passenger side. go to tighten up the flange and forgot it was rotted through and would not tighten, now this is around 2:30 am so I just said screw it, tightened it the best i could and put the truck back together. not it is basically open headers, man my neighbors must have loved me playing musical cars last night at 3 am.
This none stop wrench a thon was inspired by the impending noreaster that was due to hit this morning, WHERE IS THE FREAKING SNOW!!! So i drove the mustang to work!
ps. I wound up buying a sick jack from covins auto parts on one of my several trips there yesterday.
