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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goldmember" data-source="post: 209952" data-attributes="member: 9840">I don't have a car until Monday, possibly longer. Took my Pypes stuff down to be installed today and all went well until one of the studs on the passenger-side exhaust manifold snapped. What happened was, the car had a shitty BBK X and seriously hacked-in Flowmaster 40's when I got it, and whoever put the BBK unit in didn't want to deal with the stock Ford studs (which are a size and design all to themselves) and so they rigged it with some shitty standard stud. Cross-threaded it in the manifold and gave up when it felt like it was tightened all the way- which it wasn't- this explains both my leak and the broken gasket at the manifold. It's no fault of the shop I took it to- I just want to make that clear- the stud would have snapped regardless of who was working on it.The good news is that there's still a good amount of stud left in the manifold- it wasn't a "clean break"- the bad news is that the mechanic busted the stud puller last week on another 'Stang (LOL) so he has to get the tool fixed Mon before he can finish the job. Hopefully I get it back Monday... in exchange for a much, much lighter wallet<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> but it has to be done.</blockquote>