Replaced right exhaust manifold, omg!

[JExpedition07]

I bought the steel studs before I ordered the manifold and used moly anti seize.

Here is a tip. The Dorman manifold is $70 cheaper but it does NOT include the heat shield that the Motorcraft one does.
The Motorcraft one includes the studs & nuts and look like they have the copper anti seize on them.
But it does NOT include the 2 studs in the end for the down tube. So I had to remove the old ones.

I figured as had as this job was to remove the old manifold I was going to buy the Motorcraft.

Oh and I used a #2 center drill to start the holes in the broke studs. I had to get real close and personal with the truck frame so I could hold the drill steady and push. Very loud drill too.

I ordered the Ford kit for the right side and no hardware was included in the box though ford claimed it came with.

 

[34Ford]

Yeah you should have gotten the 8 studs and nuts. I didn't use mine as I already bought some and couldn't take them back.

 

[JExpedition07]

Yeah you should have gotten the 8 studs and nuts. I didn't use mine as I already bought some and couldn't take them back.

I was dissapointed they didn’t send me everything....thanks for confirming. This is all that came besides the extra box and packaging paper:

 

[JExpedition07]

Gaskets and hardware finally came today separately. They never responded to my email regarding the missing contents but sent them, I’ll take it. Also already ordered a different set of studs but I can use that for drivers side.

Edit: the set I ordered from amazon came early, wasn’t the set I emailed Tasca about. Never got hardware I payed for and customer service ignores you. Beware and avoid.

Ended up ordering all A/M studs and nuts and A/M gaskets. Bought good A/M which is likely superior to the OEM that would have come with the order anyway.