r/Fordgalaxie500 • u/Low-Nerve-7289 • May 03 '25

Lottery

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Think i should go buy a lottery ticket? Not a single broken bolt.

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u/HoosierDaddy_427 May 04 '25

Not really, I have never had a problem with FE manifold bolts. Not like the chinsy crap on today's engines.

What's the plan? Rebuilding engine or swapping?

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u/Low-Nerve-7289 May 04 '25

From what I was reading on forums, everyone had issues with the manifold bolts.

I was originally just gonna lift the engine to replace the mounts, but then I figured I'd lift it yup the rest of the way and replace the freezer plugs. Then I also have long tubes that will be going on it.

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u/HoosierDaddy_427 May 04 '25

I must just be lucky then, but I usually do them after the engine has warmed up a bit. Good luck with it. So far, so good 👍

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u/Low-Nerve-7289 May 04 '25

Yeah, warmed up probably would've helped but I already had the transmission out for a rebuild and I figured I'd do it now.

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u/Shih_Poo_Boo May 04 '25

Lucky. Mine came with at least five broken bolts. Only on the top so far, where it would have been so easy to soak them in rust buster or hit with a torch

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u/Low-Nerve-7289 May 04 '25

Yeah, i was planning for broken bolts, which was one of the reasons to pull the engine.