I finally got around to work on this car again. After building a set for a musical, my back decided it didn’t like to work anymore. So working under a car was out for a bit. Chiropractor finally fixed that issue.
I got the bolt ground down with an angle grinder and hit it with a hammer a few times and it loosened up. The bolt holding the exhaust on i blasted with PB Blaster and let it soak for a few days. One spring bolt came off, one snapped, but they needed replaced anyway.
It cracked at the weld between the mounting plate on the top where it mounts to the engine and into the manifold. Is this common? It seems like it will be easy to get it fixed down at the local welding shop.
Now this thing is a mess, the bolt holding it onto the lower bracket is all rusted up, i too the bracket off the engine instead. Also, the heat shield on the top is pretty much totaled from the angle grinding and rusting through the lower bolt locations. Is that shield really needed?
I’ll post pictures when I get a chance.
thanks everyone!