So, fun story...
Friday evening after the kids were asleep, I went out to the garage to try and extract the stuck exhaust manifold bolts. Center drilled the first one (flush with head), drilled a slightly larger hole. Then tried a slightly larger drill bit - NOPE! That bit snagged on the edge of the hole, and, SNAP!! Broke it in to 3 pieces! So, I get the extractor out. Work it into the bolt... won't work. I try it a few times - back it out, put the extractor back in, try it, back it out, etc. Nothing. Spray it down with PB Blaster for the 3rd or 4th time, try it again. SNAP! Busted the bolt extractor right at the head, flush with the bolt!!!! WTH?!! After that, I didn't even try the other bolts. Off to bed I went, defeated... for the time being.
I'll be back at it. I have some new bits ordered. Watched a couple of "how to" videos to see if I can get it out of there. If not, guess I'll have to pull the heads (don't want to do), and bring them into my shop to get machined. To Be Continued...
