PCA4208
Senior Member
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2012
- Posts
- 2,654
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- 579
- Location
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Ram Year
- 2017
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
Now I'll start off saying that it was not on my 2003, but on the 79' power wagon. But I knew that nobody looks in the 1st gen section so here it goes. While putting long tubes on the trusty 360 I ran into a problem with the manifold stud. So, I pulled it off by heating it and soaking in acetone ATF mix. ( which really does work GREAT) Stud then comes loose so I start unscrewing. Little did I know that on these LA engines, the stud plugs a hole in the cooling jacket. SO out comes the stud AND a couple quarts of coolant all over everything. In short, I learned to never remove manifold studs, and that I hate anything to do with exhaust, except the sound haha.