# I always let the nuts soak with a liquid wrench type fluid, but I'm dealing with some body rust on a few areas myself - that's worse!

Posted by Bryan (91 SE, 92 SE) on September 05, 2002 at 20:29:34:

In Reply to: Stupid rust (and the rest of my day )... posted by James on September 05, 2002 at 19:24:29:

: Man I dont see how you guys up north deal with rust.

: So I'm trying to put on the WSP y-pipe, Catco Cat and the GReddy. Where the stock manifolds meet the y-pipe, it has those studs sticking down. On goes the y-pipe, and then the nuts, ya know?

: Well 2 of those studs broke clean off they were rusted so bad (talk about brittle, I didnt even push hard). I even let em soak in wd-40 and some liquid wrench first. There's like a centimeter still in the manifold and sticking down.

: What in the world am I supposed to do about that? This fairly common?

: I really wanted to get the exhaust on today. Even if those didnt break off I still couldnt have....half of the gaskets and bolts for the exhaust are missing somewhere in the garage.

: It's really frustrating cuz I was workin on that stupid car from 8 am till about 5. What took most of the time was trying to get off the existing exhaust by myself with only a little exhaust cut-off tool. It was all welded up one piece from the y-pipe back which made it difficult. Also, it's no fun searching for tools when your brother has cluttered up the garage so bad you cant find anything! I hate having to go shade-tree mechanic cuz I cant find the proper tools. Ugh.

: Although, on a better note, I got the good crossmember (existing one has a pretty big crack in it) and flexane filled mounts on the 5spd. Also put in my new Pacesetter adjustable throw shifter. It's annoying that I cant really drive it and test it out.

: I feel like I've wasted a day and havent gotten anything accomplished. So much for missing class to get everything 'finished' on the 5spd. Bah humbug. Now I'm just dirty and disgruntled. lol

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: : Man I dont see how you guys up north deal with rust. : : So I'm trying to put on the WSP y-pipe, Catco Cat and the GReddy. Where the stock manifolds meet the y-pipe, it has those studs sticking down. On goes the y-pipe, and then the nuts, ya know? : : Well 2 of those studs broke clean off they were rusted so bad (talk about brittle, I didnt even push hard). I even let em soak in wd-40 and some liquid wrench first. There's like a centimeter still in the manifold and sticking down. : : What in the world am I supposed to do about that? This fairly common? : : I really wanted to get the exhaust on today. Even if those didnt break off I still couldnt have....half of the gaskets and bolts for the exhaust are missing somewhere in the garage. : : It's really frustrating cuz I was workin on that stupid car from 8 am till about 5. What took most of the time was trying to get off the existing exhaust by myself with only a little exhaust cut-off tool. It was all welded up one piece from the y-pipe back which made it difficult. Also, it's no fun searching for tools when your brother has cluttered up the garage so bad you cant find anything! I hate having to go shade-tree mechanic cuz I cant find the proper tools. Ugh. : : Although, on a better note, I got the good crossmember (existing one has a pretty big crack in it) and flexane filled mounts on the 5spd. Also put in my new Pacesetter adjustable throw shifter. It's annoying that I cant really drive it and test it out. : : I feel like I've wasted a day and havent gotten anything accomplished. So much for missing class to get everything 'finished' on the 5spd. Bah humbug. Now I'm just dirty and disgruntled. lol