Took on the dreaded exhaust manifold replacement
So I’ve had this 2013 3.5 ecoboost limited f150 for about a year now and I swear I’ve put more money into this thing than any other car I’ve owned. I’d say I’m mildly mechanically inclined, but I just moved to a new city and don’t have anywhere to do car maintenance besides the side of the road. Blew the exhaust manifold gasket towing driving out here. Took my 4 days to take both manifolds off and put the new ones on. I buttoned it all up to spec what I was supposed to. Ended up braking one of the coolant lines that runs to the turbos. Those metal lines just were a pain in the ass.
Just at a loss here. Anyone else have the same experience? I don’t want to give up the truck cause you don’t find too many limited out there anymore and it’s in decent shape. Figured you guys would get a kick out of some of the parts I pulled out. What some of the studs looked like and how the bolt hole on that manifold basically wore away. I hadn’t seen that before.