2nd day in shop for manifold replacement

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by hairygityeti

I had the same problem and purchased an "Erbauer" 6 piece bolt remover set for ￡12 and it work amazingly well,some bolts had hardly any head but it still worked with out effort. I did the change over myself purchased a second hand ( like new ) manifold fr￡30 and gasket set for ￡8 im no mechanic but i did it within an hour.

I'm glad you were successful at removing your bolts. It just wasn't a job I was comfortable doing. After watching a number of videos since, I think I would probably give it a try if I was facing the job again. I guess all the heads of the bolts just crumbled when he tried to remove them. I believe he used a mig welder to build up the bolts that were flush with the head in order to get something to grip onto. However, as much as I didn't want to spend that kind of quid on the job, I'm still within my budget.

The tech did also say that he removed an axle and a motor mount and titled the engine forward to give himself more room to work.