PismoJoe

Do you know if the exhaust manifold studs are broken or if its strictly the manifold?

NovaStar

It was just the manifold. Had all the mechanical work taken care of last week. She is purring again and rolling on 6 new tires. All new exhaust from the cat back, and it's a little bigger, so it *sounds* a bit beefier. But still not goin' to beat anyone in a race. haha

While trying to remove the water pump, the screws were corroded and couldn't get it off apparently, so they needed to replace the timing cover. I opted to have the timing chain done as well since all things seemed to be revolving around that. Got the timing kit from engnbldr for $86, which saved me about $300 from what my mechanic quoted.

Having some fiberglass work done this week and should be all put back together for the first voyage in a few weeks.