Advice on a mustang...
 

haha gotcha. No really. My fiancee's car has been giving her troubles and troubles all revolving around the same thing that we've attempted to have repaired multiple times... the exhaust mani.

end story in a nutshell:

need to replace the exhaust mani and have it installed.

car specs is AT 2000 V6.

asking for help to find the part for cheap (new is 330) and help with the labor so we dont have to spend 700 to get this fixed..

please lmk asap...

thanks in advance...

I don't want to volunteer anybody, but Ron (a.k.a., 94cobra69ss396) may be able to hoook you with headers at a decent price threw his pals at GTR. He was at the meet in his highly stickered Cobra. Perhaps for a donation to his Chevelle fund he could help you wrench them on. Don't forget new gaskets at both the block and cats/y-pipe if you have them.

$700 for an exhaust manifold? Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Buy some flippin shorty headers, get on your back and make it happen.

Or go to pick your part and walk out with a pair of manifolds for $20.

Just make sure to clean the mating surfaces with a scotch brite pad and some brake cleaner before install.

Yah 700 including labor lol I'm hoping to wrench it myself or with help... Just need the mani... Better to buy used or aftermarket do u think? Pricewise... Also need the knowhow

Is there just a crack in one or both of the cast iron manifolds? Where/why is it leaking?

Looks like 99-04 3.8L V6 are the same. Here's a new one on E-bay for the RH side, which one is leaking?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2000-...4506.m20.l1116

I would find the crack, pull one off at a junkyard, spray the pulloff with some brake cleaner and as it dries look for cracks. Practice on your cracked manifold, the brake clean will outline the cracks for 2 or 3 seconds while it dries.

If you spray your pulloff manifold and it looks solid, buy it, install it with new gaskets. Obviously you can buy those gaskets anywhere, or pay double for them at Ford.

Tyler,

At rockauto.com you can get a manifold with gaskets for 87.89 for the right and 89.79 for the left. I also have a 5% coupon code for them so you can get it for even less. The code is: 21645911808231.

I might try that route. Let me know.

Sean

Sean, ur the man. We'll probably go that route... We'll order that asap I think... Rockauto.com has gaskets as well I'm assuming? How difficult will that part be to replace? Access wise... I have all the tools I believe but how hard will it be to reach??

Whoops just read "with gaskets" lol

Shouldn't be hard, don't cry about it. Just soak the bolts, pipe flange bolts especially with penetrating oil the night before.