hello, as the title says........
im working with a 3800 non supercharged
over the course of the last week i have gotten 1 bolt by the resonator loose, broke the other one off, and have gotten 1 bolt on the manifold loose, i am still stuck with the other manifold bolt, the one on the drivers side. i have tried everything that i can think of with what i have. i sprayed the bolts with PB blaster every day for several days before my first attempt. ive tried endlessly beating the living hell out of it with my 24 inch crescent wrench. i dont have access to an impact wrench or torch. from underneath ive been using a socket, flex thing for socket, extensions, and a 24 inch breaker bar, from up above ive been using a combination wrench, with a much larger combination wrench on the end of it for leverage. and still, i can not for the life of me get that bolt loose. besides taking it to an exhaust shop the only other thing i can think of is taking off the manifold, and pulling it up for much easier access. i have a couple questions regarding that though, im assuming obviously i wont be able to just pull it out from the top cuz the cat will be to big, but do you think i'd be able to pull it up far enough so i could get to it easier? or does this just sound like a bad idea? how hard is removing the rear manifold? i mean, if i cant even get the downpipe off do you think i'd even be able to get the rear manifold off?? im open to any suggestions.....
