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Originally Posted by zguy1
I'll keep that in mind. I hope I would know if there is a leak later. It's definitely good to know that I will be able to remove them later if needed. This would have ended in disaster trying to remove them with the heads in the truck. I am pretty sure I would have rounded or broken several bolts. I plan to replace the nuts and use anti-seize on the threads. I am tempted to replace some of the exhaust studs but I am concerned if those will come out of the head without breaking when attempting with an e-torx socket.
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I cut the nuts off on mine with a cheap plasma cutter (sounds bad), removed the manifolds then cleaned up the stud threads with a die. A couple of studs needed to be replaced, welded on a nut for those and they spun right out. With new nuts they should come right off next time unless you wait 10 years.
