My VL has had a nice exhaust leak for a while now and after just getting a rather expensive quote, I was wondering if anyone know ppl that do cashies or could recommend a reputable exhaust place? There are a couple of studs snapped off in the block and they're in a c?nt of a spot, hence the expensive quote I just got... Any info, recommended exhaust places or advice would be greatly appreciated Post here, pm or get at me on [phone removed] Alex

Speak to Shaun at carline grapnels balcatta tell him Joel and Jason from north city Holden sent you

Mettams in Morley.

+1 mettams in morley..

Mettams balcatta

i've already messaged alex about this but i think i should put it up for other d.i.y oriented people. i had a similar problem with my 25, 3 snapped exhaust manifold studs. two were easy one cylinder 1 & 2 and i removed them with a snap-on stud extractor tool (similar to ez-outs), the third i actually snapped the stud extractor in the stud in cylinder #6 which is in a **** of a spot near the firewall. i ummed and ahhed for about a month trying various things then about where i should take it and what to do with it because these extractor tools are high tensile so you cant drill them out. we tried a bunch of stuff and none of it worked. couple options for a d.i.y snapped ex. manifold stud are basically; - if enough is poking out of the head (mine weren't) get a multigrip on it - ez outs - weld the stud with filler wire then use multigrips on whats poking out (the head is alloy so you wont weld the head, however the heat from the welds can **** **** up so i personally wouldnt do that) - drill it out and helicoil it OR call up this bloke by the name of Peter Whitefoot, on [phone removed]. he's a mobile guy who specialises in removing snapped studs, he's awesome. he's cheap as chips, i think it cost me about 60 or 100 bucks for him to come to my house, remove this stud in cyl 6 with a snapped extractor by drilling it with a special dremmel peice for around an hour via an air compressor, plus he cleaned up the thread and put a new stud in. couldn't recommend him more. the rest of the job is simple enough, replace studs, face the manifold, install gaskets, manifold, turbo, lines, dump, cooler piping & start her up. prices are as follows; ~$80ish for a genuine nissan gasket (no gasket goo required) i think repco does one for about 40 bucks but the genuine one is renowned to be excellent quality. ~$2 for new studs (replace them all dont be a tightass) ~$10 for anti-seize to put on the studs before you whack em in the head ~$70 to get the manifold faced (check for cracks too) turbo to manifold gasket if you need it heres the part numbers from nissan: Manifold Gasket 14036 21U00 $78.46 ex man studs #0115100471 sorry about the long post, thought it might help someone out though. i was genuinely surprised at how many workshops either didnt want a bar of it or quoted huge figures when i rang them for quotes.

I would have to say do it your self. I did it myself after getting quoted $200 for ONE!! Grab yourself the shortest cordless drill you can find laying around and an extractor kit (one drill bit, one extractor) and get going. Took maybe 2 hours start to finish to get both mine out. Most expensive thing was 2 new bolts and nuts ($20 from holden) It can't be that hard if I did it.. and they were the back to which are the most difficult, just have a crack...

pm shaun_vl, when he did his turbo conversion he snapped some studs and sorted it out himself

i just said how to do it yourself

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