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Old Dec 3, 2017 | 06:48 PM
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Is this “normal”? Essentially the far far right bolt when looking straight at the manifold (driver side). Same bolt in both pictures, from two different angles.


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Old Dec 3, 2017 | 06:54 PM
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Not normal. You need to figure out what’s going on and fix it, in order to prevent manifold warpage and exhaust leak.
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Hi Jeff,
I believe that exhaust manifold bolts that didn't have a bracket of some sort also mounted on the bolt had a special thick washer to make up the difference.
Look closely at the rear bolt... it has the washer in addition to the French lock.
You can see the next bolt has the small bracket for mounting the horizontal ignition shield on it.
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Note the relatively large hole for the small diameter of the washer.

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Looks like the washers have rusted it away.
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