The leaking manifold bolt saga continues

What a nightmare!

After getting the manifolds off. I gave the heads to a local garage to remove the studs make sure the threads were ok.. Big mistake. They drilled and tapped the threads (badly).

I put the heads back on and found that 2 bolts (one on each side) weren't tightening up.

I removed the heads again.... and low and behold the thread was totally chewed through.

A friend (who works for an engineering firm) has kindly taken the heads and put helicoils in - I should now be able to finally get her back on the road.

One thing I have found is my radiator needs replacing. Oh well

Leaking exhaust manifolds

Joy of joys.

One of the hardest jobs I've had to do on the car yet.

Ended up having to grind all of the bolts off using dremel (total nightmare)
Then had to remove both cylinder heads, send them off to have the studs removed.

Now all that's left to do is refit them......