Is there a possibility that you can just unbolt the air injection tube, leave it loosely there, unbolt the manifold and finagle them both out together? Then when you put it back together, place the injection tube in place and reposition the manifold so that all you need to do is bolt it in place, then bolt the injection tube in place.

Answered by Indyuke
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Thanks for the idea. It seemed pretty tight in terms of the finagling part (trying to clear the studs from the engine while at the same time trying to clear the studs from the injection tube). I tried to pry the injection tube from the piece it connects to but was worried about bending it so I didn't pry to much. It doesn't make sense to me that there would be anything more to replacing the exhaust manifold so I'm wondering if you're not right - - you can finagle both pieces off at the same time if you do it just right. I'll give it another try. Thanks again for the advice, I do appreciate it.

Response from jml05551
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