JimG96
Junior Member
Good afternoon,
My 2006 5.9 started making an obnoxious squeal when in upper RPMs pulling a heavy load. I see soot on the head between #1 as well as #5. I'm guessing both are from exhaust manifold gasket leaks during high boost.
So....I have a new set of gaskets and tried to replace them. Problem is that there is a solid tube headed towards the heater core and it has a bracket bolted to the lower stud on #6. I removed the two bolts on the side of the head that secure this and can only get a wiggle out of this thing. I can't get the bracket off the stud to take it out and replace the gasket.
Quick trip to youtube and all I came up with was a guy that cut the bracket in half, then welded it back together (I'd prefer to not do this as I'm sure there is a way to get this out of the way....I just can't figure it out).
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Jim
My 2006 5.9 started making an obnoxious squeal when in upper RPMs pulling a heavy load. I see soot on the head between #1 as well as #5. I'm guessing both are from exhaust manifold gasket leaks during high boost.
So....I have a new set of gaskets and tried to replace them. Problem is that there is a solid tube headed towards the heater core and it has a bracket bolted to the lower stud on #6. I removed the two bolts on the side of the head that secure this and can only get a wiggle out of this thing. I can't get the bracket off the stud to take it out and replace the gasket.
Quick trip to youtube and all I came up with was a guy that cut the bracket in half, then welded it back together (I'd prefer to not do this as I'm sure there is a way to get this out of the way....I just can't figure it out).
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Jim
