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Depends what it involves man.

E.g. whether he can just use an easy out with everything still in the car, or whether all th eintake piping has to come off, turbo off, manifold off too.

Why do you care if a stud is broken? Is it leaking exhaust gas?

Yeah its leaking.Performance has dropped big time.

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1000 is a bit steep. look at it this way

mechanic has approx 4-6 hours work putting on/off all components to get to it. so that would be probably $300 mark

than a thread repair guy will come to extract broken stud, $50 to $500 depending how many/what damage has been done/time spent blah blah

that materials will cost you about $200 ($120 for exhaust gasket, $45 for turbo one, $2 each stud and $2 each locknut all from nissan)

so really shouldnt be no more than $800 at most considering you dont need to pay thread repair guy $500

mine all up was $700 including parts, labour etc.. thread repair guy said he has never seen anything so bad in his life ($350 he charged) so im guessing yours aint that bad

people have done it themselves and it only cost them the gaskets plus some ezy-outs so depends really...

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1000 is a bit steep. look at it this way

mechanic has approx 4-6 hours work putting on/off all components to get to it. so that would be probably $300 mark

than a thread repair guy will come to extract broken stud, $50 to $500 depending how many/what damage has been done/time spent blah blah

that materials will cost you about $200 ($120 for exhaust gasket, $45 for turbo one, $2 each stud and $2 each locknut all from nissan)

so really shouldnt be no more than $800 at most considering you dont need to pay thread repair guy $500

mine all up was $700 including parts, labour etc.. thread repair guy said he has never seen anything so bad in his life ($350 he charged) so im guessing yours aint that bad

people have done it themselves and it only cost them the gaskets plus some ezy-outs so depends really...

Where did u get your's done at.

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How confident are you in doing it yourself, thats what i did the only thing that cost me was gaskets 1 stud and to pay threadtek to come and get it out (90) and plus you can get the exhaust gasket cheaper than that and not in nissan oh and studs well $1 each and $1 for locknut, over took him 10 mins tops to get it out, the first stud is cheap, but sometimes you may brake more than one when you remove the manifold. .

$1000 is still dear as. all in all took 3 hours tops to remove and fit manifold including time of threadtek.

fun and games tho good luck

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How confident are you in doing it yourself, thats what i did the only thing that cost me was gaskets 1 stud and to pay threadtek to come and get it out (90) and plus you can get the exhaust gasket cheaper than that and not in nissan oh and studs well $1 each and $1 for locknut, over took him 10 mins tops to get it out, the first stud is cheap, but sometimes you may brake more than one when you remove the manifold. .

$1000 is still dear as. all in all took 3 hours tops to remove and fit manifold including time of threadtek.

fun and games tho good luck

I'm gonna give it a go.Shouldnt be to hard.Where did you get your parts from?

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What mechanical experience do you have?

What is the biggest thing you've done on the car? have you ever done the turbo before?

Do you have car stands? Decent trolley jack?

Good socket set and spanners? breaker bar?

24mm socket? 24mm spanner?

Once you take the turbo off, you'll need new coolant too (about $50).

Got a lock up garage?

Is it your only car? can you affor dto have the car off the road for 2 weeks?

Do you have time, or can you only work on it on the weekends?

Keep in mind part shops mostly open weekdays only.

Not doubting you in anyway, but just tryin gto make sure you understand what you're getting yourself into.

Things always take longer than you expect

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What mechanical experience do you have?

What is the biggest thing you've done on the car? have you ever done the turbo before?

Do you have car stands? Decent trolley jack?

Good socket set and spanners? breaker bar?

24mm socket? 24mm spanner?

Once you take the turbo off, you'll need new coolant too (about $50).

Got a lock up garage?

Is it your only car? can you affor dto have the car off the road for 2 weeks?

Do you have time, or can you only work on it on the weekends?

Keep in mind part shops mostly open weekdays only.

Not doubting you in anyway, but just tryin gto make sure you understand what you're getting yourself into.

Things always take longer than you expect

I know its not gonna be a easy job.I try to do everything to myself.Work,Nissan and Auto 1 is just around the corner is a big bonus.Got all the right tools so i'm gona start on it this weekend.

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Its always fun to do it yourself, I only broke one stud lucky in my case but 4 others just came out of there sockets so i still replaced them, usually the ones that brake are either ends of the manifold 3 near cyl 1 and 3 near cyl 6 WD40 always helps, and where are you located?? Also it shouldnt hurt much if you drive it around with just the one broken, just poor power and no boost if its leaking.

Also ring up your mobile thread tech that are able to drive to your house and remove it for you for a quote on "x" number of studs, Unless you have access to a right angle drill, air compressor and easy outs as these things come in handy when doing something like removing studs, Or 12v drill, stud tap, and easy outs will also do the job, but there isn't too much room either end of the manifold. You will guage what i mean when you do it yourself.

Oh dont forget to clean those metal filings away either they can be nasty. And get the tools and bits n pieces before you start it makes it alot easier as well.

The gasket, you can locate an aftermarket one for less than 100 give repco a call they may help you here.

You get many things from doing these yourself, Experience and knowledge of repair giving a sense of self achievement and also money saving.

Cheers

A

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Its always fun to do it yourself, I only broke one stud lucky in my case but 4 others just came out of there sockets so i still replaced them, usually the ones that brake are either ends of the manifold 3 near cyl 1 and 3 near cyl 6 WD40 always helps, and where are you located?? Also it shouldnt hurt much if you drive it around with just the one broken, just poor power and no boost if its leaking.

Also ring up your mobile thread tech that are able to drive to your house and remove it for you for a quote on "x" number of studs, Unless you have access to a right angle drill, air compressor and easy outs as these things come in handy when doing something like removing studs, Or 12v drill, stud tap, and easy outs will also do the job, but there isn't too much room either end of the manifold. You will guage what i mean when you do it yourself.

Oh dont forget to clean those metal filings away either they can be nasty. And get the tools and bits n pieces before you start it makes it alot easier as well.

The gasket, you can locate an aftermarket one for less than 100 give repco a call they may help you here.

You get many things from doing these yourself, Experience and knowledge of repair giving a sense of self achievement and also money saving.

Cheers

A

I'm from (Sydney) blacktown.Yeah i like the feeling that you get when you've done something to your own car.You learn from your own mistakes right.Thanx for your replys bro.Same go's to everyone else who replyed.

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all i say is have someone handy (like a thread repair guy who can come over) to pull the studs out if you cant, that will probably be your biggest problem but apart from that should be okay if u have the tools and not too bad with your hands

and to answer your question above, i got my mobile mechanic to do the work and another mobile guy came for the threads

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I got "Action thread repairs" to come and get my broken studs out - there were 3 broken and 1 more broke getting it out. He charged less than $100 including all new studs --> AND he is also mobile so came to the workshop where i had my car stored. Just required that dump pipe and turbo was removed so he could get in there.

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Yea 1k is very expensive for exhaust manifold stud removal... the studs are like $4-$6 each... but the labour involved is what is going to hurt... but 1k... f**k you'd want them to rip out your motor and do it on the bench for that much lol...

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Yea 1k is very expensive for exhaust manifold stud removal... the studs are like $4-$6 each... but the labour involved is what is going to hurt... but 1k... f**k you'd want them to rip out your motor and do it on the bench for that much lol...

They were charging $98 an hour for labour.Being a well known workshop in sydney i know i'm not going back there again!

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