new motor?

[blackbeauty7.3]

Hey yall so i stopped at the local diesel shop to get a quote for getting my manifold and uppipes replaced. I just dont have the tools on base to do this myself. So he says that the manifold bolts are most likely going to break in the head and that if that happened the motor would have to come out and sent to a machine shop to get the bolts out. I was thinking instead of all this just replace the whole motor. are the black mambas all they are talked up to be? whats the limits on tuning them and adding goodies?

 

[Stroke_this]

Find a new shop to bring your truck to. More then lickly you will have a few break but you should be able to get them out.

 

[Luke@MillerPerformance]

Hey yall so i stopped at the local diesel shop to get a quote for getting my manifold and uppipes replaced. I just dont have the tools on base to do this myself. So he says that the manifold bolts are most likely going to break in the head and that if that happened the motor would have to come out and sent to a machine shop to get the bolts out. I was thinking instead of all this just replace the whole motor. are the black mambas all they are talked up to be? whats the limits on tuning them and adding goodies?

Most of the time the rear ones are already broken. Once the manifold is off then they can be removed pretty easily with a stud remover.

 

[blackbeauty7.3]

im stationed in beaufort sc. Anybody on here know of any good shops down here?

 

[89 Stroker]

take it to another shop , it takes 5 minutes to drill out the broken bolts , happened to me a few times so far...

 

[old man dave]

At the very worst, should just need to pull the head, not the entire engine. :shrug:

 

[ToMang07]

are the black mambas all they are talked up to be?

If by "talked about" you mean "Over-priced junk" then yes.

 

[08strokin]

^ WHS

If I was you I would find another shop....

 

[Swsignal5]

I did mine and 5 broke. Once the manifolds were off the studs came out fairly easy. The motor had 356k hard miles on it too

 

[psduser1]

The studs break because they are siezed in the manifold, not the head, generally.
Once the manifold is off, the stud will spin right out of the head. If you have an oxy-acetylene torch available on base, and some time, you can do it yourself.

 

[97stoker350]

A torch will go a long way. Rounded the heads off a few of mine and some vise grips and heat they came right out. Whoever told u the motor needed to be pulled is a jakass

 

[OBS-Addiction97]

Just took mine out. I sprayed them with wd-40 a day before and Every one came out with out a fight, but my truck is from Florida so rust.

 

[blackbeauty7.3]

yeah my trucks from connecitcut, many a season plowing. Every bolt is rusted.

 

[97stoker350]

Ur gonna need a torch