Day 2...sort of...

8. Unlike the energetic and productive start on Day 1...Day 2 was a series of repeated attempts over several days to remove two nuts, both which stripped and located in the most difficult places to remove. The first was a nut/stud under the heat shield on the exhaust manifold. Started to strip with my 12 pt 14mm socket so used a Craftsman bolt off and came out fine. The other was a nut on the flange bolting the exhaust to the Catalytic converter. Required lots of Liquid Wrench and used a Craftsman Bolt Off to remove it (destroyed the nut). Once off though the exhaust manifold was easily removed.

Also had a stud shear off in the threads of the head (lower right). We'll attempt to remove once the head is off the block and on the bench.

9. Lastly, we removed the water pipes from the water pump. Called it a night!