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92 2.3l manifold to pipe bolt thread size


BrokeTheRanger

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Hi yall. I was driving home yesterday and my exhaust became extremely loud almost instantly. Scared the bejesus outta me and i pulled into my local oreillys where i looked under the truck and saw an inch long crack in my tail pipe just before the muffler. I assumed that was the issue(first mistake) and bought more pipe and a muffler, pulled the back half of the exhaust, welded it together and went to reattatch it when i noticed the whole thing had come unbolted from the manifold. Unfortunately, i cant seem to find the proper bolt size to replace them with. The oreillys employee had size 1/2-13 on a replacement manifold but i cant seem to get that size to thread properly. Id rather not strip the manifold trying before i confirm these are the right threads. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

92 ranger xlt 2.3l SOHC, NA, mostly stock
 


BrokeTheRanger

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So in case anyone was wondering, the threads are m12 - 1.75. Easy way to tighten these is have a friend hold a ratchet w a 2' extension on it and put a 4 foot pipe over the ratchet handle(i used a cheapo weight bench bar i had). I used grade 10 bolts as well as brass nuts to keep from having them seize up for next time. Also, the mufflers from oreilleys sound like a cat with a hairball 1/5 stars IMHO.
 

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