When Is A Lifter Tick Not A Lifter Tick? The Answer Is Exhausting..

[@knoester7714]

Good job Kenny, and you do a good job of explaining what and why you are doing it.

[@timeinbu7909]

I love your idea about sniping the end holes on gasket, bravo...

[@cluelessinky]

What a pleasure it is to watch an expert at work. I particularly like how you explain what it is you’re doing. Thank you for your time.

[@donfrommpls778]

Maybe you two should get a room

[@scottnusser6232]

The doorman. A previous good co.went to chinnna, now complete junk! No more doorman for me. Only dealer parts, they're bad enough. Good show Ken.

[@martenapperloo1055]

Love your videos, but would like to see more of you actually doing the job,helps as a learning tool for many of use.

[@bobby9195]

Good morning Mr Kenny hope y'all have a wonderful day

[@mikeschaner5853]

Hey, good morning Kenny.... as it's 1:11 am 😆. Replacing both manifolds at same time???? Agreed. Extra cost now; prevents extra, EXTRA costs, down the road. Usually on 90s thru 2000s gm and fords, symptoms are a time delayed mirror on these manifolds, and plug threads on fords. Good show sir.

[@donald1056]

You can use a heating inductor - has different size tips that can go in the front - work really good

[@glennfields8121]

Thanks brother Kenny! Great video with lots of helpful tips.

[@johnbower]

Good job kenny, but as for those manifold rear flange ports being under size and the fault threads, I would have returned them to the supplier.

[@Nmdixon-cu7vm]

I believe those are fel pro exhaust gaskets that you would get from autozone or advanced auto. I had a set of those because I was doing work on my Silverado and I lost 1 of the factory gaskets when I was putting everything together. I eventually bought the oem gm ones because I’ve never had a problem with them like you said.

[@louey2x]

Work smarter not harder. Great Video.

[@legionofanon]

17:15 about finding them super thin metal splinters, if you have a tig with a variable pedal, you can use the arc on a super low setting to find the splinter, it will act like a lighting rod and the arc will go right for it. The guy who taught me how to tig weld aluminum and stainless showed me that

[@TheMikevt]

support your local parts store!

[@mod_incllc3235]

Another job well done. After watching you , I would not hesitate to do it on my own. Thanks for the video!

[@tswinter1]

Just goin' along enjoying and learning when 12 min in bam my name comes up !...blew me away...also that light I sent has a spot.. don't know how effective though ...glad you found some good uses for it !

[@davidpawson7393]

I had to drop the y pipe on my 04 Envoy 5.3 to replace the starter two years ago. It's been a New Hampshire vehicle for most of the 20 years so I wire brushed the manifold studs and nuts then applied PB multiple times over a week before and after driving until the starter wouldn't respond to a whack from a digging bar. Did the same with the O2 sensors as I replaced those too and everything came apart rather easily with regular propane. For a new $29 starter I must say I'm impressed with the quality. 11.8 mpg not so much.

[@BrianD-w8x]

Good job Kenny, nice work.

[@marshall1157]

Very handy bolt tips!

[@stoker261]

great video. very well explained. i learned a ton. thanks for this! 👍

[@fixxerautomotive4917]

NIce work! I am a bit curious why you chose to reuse the old manifold bolts that are prone to breaking? I usually go for a new set of factory ones or a set of class 12.9's from the hardware store when i do 4.8/5.3/6.0 manifolds. This video also illustrates that saving money on parts can just shift it to added labor to "fix" said parts so that they will do what you need them to do...

[@mph5896]

I have been using the Felpro blue coated bolts as of recent. He is in NC, those bolts are mint.

[@racingruss7263]

You are lucky with them manifold bolts that hold it to the engine.I live in Vermont and everyone I do,the head of the bolts are so rusty.a full day to get them off.

[@nv1493]

I've used a Range Technologies AFM delete obd plug-in for about 50k miles now, works great and zero mpg drop. Never a CEL. The only thing to remember is (at least on my 2011 5.3) is to unplug it and allow drive cycles to ensure all emissions monitors are ready. For some reason the RT plug-in doesn't let all 1 or 2 monitors to set so they show as not ready when its vehicle inspection time. No big deal.

[@mph5896]

You can just pull the PCM and send it out to turn off AFM. Guy in MO does them for $50. Does not effect emissions, or monitors.

[@timeinbu7909]

Some years ago I changed rt side ex. Manifold on 5.4 Ford. It felt heavy too. I had to grind inside ports to get enough exhaust i.d. to work properly. Inside casting was very poor size wisd.

[@billseay6399]

Hey thanks you made it look easy

[@gillgetter3004]

Gotta finish machining the manifold WTH Dorman come on 👍

[@scottchapell31]

I've seen oem replacements do that too

[@nevadabadger7925]

Greetings from Reno, Nevada.

[@toldyouso4745]

Love your vids kenny great great tecky very thurough your the man😊

[@dalemihocik4732]

Whenever I worked on the exhaust manifolds, I always used brass nuts to connect the manifold studs to the exhaust pipe flanges. It made for easy disassembly the next time I was in there, guess that's unpopular now.

[@artlife6210]

those old manifolds look like stalactites that grew from the cylinder heads lol

[@pcterm2]

try a mix of half atf and half acetone---some times works for me

[@jthonn]

You did a really great job changing those out. I guess after doing 42,000 of them, you make it look simple. My only question is, can you use the regular type donut gaskets to bolt the manifold to the exhaust pipe? I ask because that is what I would have done instead of reaming those holes out like you did. So I would have set myself up for a fail, I guess. Back in the day they worked fine.

[@DaveBigDawg]

Excellent 👍 well done

[@ronaldbradley9949]

Right or wrong. When I replaced the exhaust studs in my manifolds. I made some brass nuts to use on them. The perks of working in a machine shop.

[@arthurmiller8336]

On Chevy Silverados you can use a crescent wrench to remove the O2 sensor if it's not rusted in there real bad I do it all the time when I changed mine out

[@matersworkshop6123]

Another nice video of how to fix a car

[@mistersnapon]

I would have sent that manifold back to the parts store!! Caused you a lot of extra time and work!!!

[@DannyVillagrana]

Nice video

[@MisterKisster]

When you were resizing the pipe what about laying an earth magnet near it to grap particles. Cool channel I just subbed.

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Honestly, I never even thought of that. An earth magnet or better yet, an electrotro magnet is a great idea. Cleaning them off afterwards is horrible though. Thanks for subscribing. Keep wrenching 🔧

[@MisterKisster]

I have seen guys wrap the magnet in a plastic bag. I wonder if machinist do this.

[@deanmeyer1815]

When I have a problem removing those flange bolts, if they break loose and then get tight again as you try to remove them, reverse and thread them back in half a turn, spray with penetrating oil and work the nut and out. If they are seized that tight, it’s easier to twist them off and replace with new ones out of the vehicle.

[@rjm7168]

Those manifolds do warp like crazy! Interesting that Dirman added additional cuts in the flange. OEM manifolds have one cut on one side (I forget which) and none on the other.

[@bertgrau3934]

Just my opinion, on the studs that holds the Y pipes I would just break them off since your using new studs and nuts any way. Great video Sir

[@xrisdavid785]

@ 18:07 ----> metal shards on yer clothes ..... we'll have to schedule an MRI to clean that up !! 🤣🤣

[@DavidWeinberg-cm9xd]

How expensive are the exhaust manifolds? Could you check them with a straight edge and possibly have them machined or surface ground flat? I'd put headers on it if they were less money or just a better designed set? Great job, Kenny. Your right about needing to heat the studs every time?

[@mph5896]

With these Chevy engines, the manifold flange is really thin. I personally just replace them. With Dodge 5.7, 4.7 I send them out and have them ground flat if the manifolds are in fairly good shape. BUT its getting pricey having them machined, plus you have to wait a day or two for the work to be done. Last set was $50 a manifold to cut them.

[@rjm7168]

My 2004 Suburban 2500 LT exhaust manifold nuts come off easily. Had them off many times. It is a SoCal vehicle though. 😊

[@1970Legend]

Hey Kenny, can you link the headlamp you wear to your Amazon tools list (if i's available there)?

[@3rdpig]

If you're just some guy working at home the parts store isn't going to just send you new gaskets. When something similar happened to me they all NAPA would do is a return on the whole manifold, which wasn't happening since I'd already installed it, or sell me a new gasket which they said would take 3-5 days to get. I went across the street to O'Reilly's and they had the gasket.

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

Your videos are getting better! Who paid for your time enlarging the manifold exit hole? Did the parts store have others in stock? Oh *KEEP WRENCHING!*

[@Toolaholic7]

When the bolts break in the head,keep the extractors,drill bits and drill in your toolbox.Drilling and using an easy out takes more time.Mig welder and a hand full of nuts takes less time extracting them out

[@jbbatulisjr291]

Nice work….Curious if ya went ahead and did new plugs and O2 sensor? Since ya had em out… Thx JB

[@Liberatus]

I wish you could disclose the approximate value of parts because in my country a new manifold would be unavailable or 3 times the price and a secondhand one is our only option.

[@mph5896]

I actually enjoy doing those manifolds on Dodge and GM. Last truck, I had 6 bolts to extract. Challenging but a great sense of accomplishment. Fords, NO😵‍💫

[@Toolaholic7]

The bolts in the Dodges,usually spin out easily

[@todddiedrich9106]

Yea I use those burring bits all the time and yes I get splinters all the time or there stuck in you shirt and poke you and I always use stud installer tool or find nuts to jam them I never use the new nuts

[@rjm7168]

I remove the spark plugs as well. If you don't you will break one.

[@jonathanrees3765]

Lucky none of the manifold bolts did not break and none were actually broken. Rocker covers need new gaskets or at least re torquing?

[@44hawk28]

That second set of studs look surprisingly like a two-stage rolled threads that only the first stage was done on. I have no idea why somebody would think that you need a locking mechanism on a stud in that situation. Of course you don't go nuts, you go bolts.

[@mikeschaner5853]

May be stupid question, but what's difference between yellow at home depot, and blue/green from wally world. All say "all purpose propane", but you specifically mentioned the yellow bottle. Thank you sir

[@jtorres3156]

It's implied to be MAPP gas. I've only ever seen them sold in yellow bottles otherwise they look exactly like propane bottles. It is much hotter than propane. Hope that helps.

[@mikeschaner5853]

@jtorres3156 indubitably thank you. Have learned my thing for the day, can go back to sleep now 😆 Have a great day

[@kicknsystm]

Just curious, I heard or read not long ago the MAP gas in the stores now is not real. MAP gas is no longer available to people without a certain permit. I've got a couple bottles in my shed & wonder if they are or are not hotter than regular propane. Any feedback would be appreciated.

[@kennethkotras709]

heat the nuts then cool them with water ..

[@billthepainter5106]

The O2 sensors in my daughter's Equinox refused to come out! Socket just kept rounding it off. I ended up cutting it off and using an impact to remove it. Even then it was difficult for my impact. That was NOT a fun job!

[@greggkuzila7513]

When you have a little Splinter you cannot see using a razor blade on the side and it will pull it out

[@williamskelton8270]

Think induction heater

[@RJJ6129]

I’ve never had an aftermarket exhaust manifold fit or be properly machined no matter the brand.

[@Austinr1892]

Do you have any experience with the vortec 6.0? I have a 2000 Silverado 2500 6.0 that makes a ticking noise for a few minutes after starting. Once the engine is warm it stops

[@davidskipperskip5403]

2002 v 10 ford next .

[@jumpinjojo]

I’m surprised he didn’t use factory GM gaskets.

[@annathemaanderson4448]

New plugs?

[@mph5896]

$. I paid $12 for 1 plug today. Pulled the head and snapped a plug off. They were only a year old, thus only the 1 replaced.

[@annathemaanderson4448]

@@mph5896 yeah, I paid $12 per plug for my ZL1 a month ago

[@karachaffee3343]

I am really tired of parts that don't quite fit. 30 years ago you did not really consider that the replacement would be unusuable as-is.

[@gianfrancoa]

Hopefully those Dorman manifolds will last

[@ginog5037]

Kenny, I found just use a nut cutter or break them off. Everything is being renewed anyway. Those studs are scary, use better quality.

[@garyr7027]

Steel laminated gaskets work great on perfect surfaces, but once pitting starts they don't seal quite the same. Personally I'd rather use replacement composite gaskets on older parts when available, as those fill in surface pitting. I've reused steel gaskets several times when in a pinch and didn't have a replacement on hand, and nearly everytime I ended up with leaks on the exhaust manifolds. Mating surfaces will pitt in time, no way around it, and unless it's resurfaced or parts replaced steel gaskets won't fill in pitting and gouges very well. Same goes with exhaust flanges with steel rings, once the flanges pitt, the steel just doesn't fill in the pitting very good. If course it depends how bad the pitting, but once pitting starts it doesn't get any better.

[@mph5896]

I also have reused the steel MLS style gaskets and have gotten leaks. Now I always replace them. I have had good luck with the same MLS style gaskets, even with a rough surface. The gasket forms/bends to the job.

[@rjm7168]

So wouldn't it be double the price to repkace both manifolds? That's a lot more.

[@j.b.9895]

Just a little bit more, just twice the parts expense and twice the labor cost. I would have done both on my vehicle like he suggests to be done with it

[@NormBaker.]

♠♠♠ I would have just split the nuts off. One can start the split with a cut off wheel. Then a air splitting chisel. Second, I would have just "Chambered" The lip on the manifold instead of grinding out the whole thing. That part that went into it was a self collapsible part. It is not good to get any metal particles into the exhaust It kills the catholitic converter. Those little pieces cant get in front of the honeycomb and spin around and destroy the honeycomb. My friend used to put brass nuts on his exhaust flange bolts so he could easily get them off when he wanted to. I guess one could butt two nuts together to jamb them from loosing. I noticed though those new studs had a incomplete thread cut. Seems to lock the nuts into place. Might keep a brass nut locked.

[@paulsi1234]

“Mail order parts”?? 🤣.

[@timramich]

Holy crap, someone actually using a real [machinist's] straight edge instead of a ruler.

[@cgokey5491]

your 1st scanner link is bad

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Ooooo . I'm gonna have to look into that tonight . Thanks for pointing that out ! Try this one amzn.to/3NIRg0i

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Thanks for letting me know !!

[@EMILY2062066]

I would have tapped the stud threads in the manifolds and gotten new dealer studs and nuts. yeah, not great quality.

[@dublindave5795]

Dorman couldn't even machine the flange to fit the gasket they supply in their kit.I wonder how many people have thrown in the manifold and then cussed them out when it won't go together?

[@michaelhawkins5530]

The lesson seems to be not to buy Dorman manifolds. They aren't machined properly and the threaded holes for the studs aren't tapped correctly either. This just another example of crap after market part quality.

[@wayneg1184]

I quit using Dorman parts a while ago. Complete junk.

[@donniee1934]

Made in China or India🙀🙀🙀🙀

[@oldbiker9739]

an other 5.3 out the door .

[@200xcBruce]

I would want a fire watch person with me. Wouldn't soaking in Kroil and setting a bit then heating be even better? Does Dorman know they made these manifolds wrong? Once ground on no returns. I made bolts for a living and the pitch on those studs are flat? Weird. Are there other manifold manufacturers than Dormain that do not have wrong size outlet bores and buggered up threaded holes. I mean I would be pissed to pay for the lack of quality I saw.

[@mph5896]

Dorman, you get what you pay for. I do buy their stuff occasionally. Then I get to do things like run a tap through the holes to make them work.

[@davidmann4533]

They are not stud installers they are stud removers the installers work a different way

[@jtorres3156]

Typical Dorman quality.

[@scottchapell31]

Not all Dorman is bad I've had good luck with Dorman and I've had Napa carquest and dealer parts be defective so that can't be a blanket fits all statement

[@aldonco]

That is why most Dorman parts are sh!T

[@HouseCallAutoRepair]

@11:09 you mention a video using a hose clamp... I too have one out there, that CLEARLY demonstrates HOW and WHY i ALWAYS use the hose clamp method.... You will NEVER round out a sensor or slip off of it!