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.
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