rusted bolts are keeping me off the road!

(94-3.4l v-6 5-speed manual) I have to remove the exhaust crossover pipe to remove the starter motor. (bad starter I think...) The bolts to the exhaust manifold are corroded very badly and I cannot loosen them a bit. ANY ideas on how to remove these?

Penetrating oil (pb blast) although it don't matter, 80% chance on each of those snaping, the only way to achive the 20%, lots of patience.

Not sure if the setup is the same, but I had to replace the starter on my 94 Z. It looked as if I would have to drop the Y-pipe out, but I didn't. If you pull off the tranny cover just behind the y-pipe, that should give you enough clearance to pull the starter out that way instead of messing with rusted bolts. But if I am wrong on the setup, WrightZ28 is correct with the penetrating oil.

WD40 or Kroil. I stand by them as miracle workers. Use a breaker bar and a socket wrench if you can.

will it come out if you take off the trans cover + solenoid of old starter? thats how we did it on my 89 formy

Well, on my friends 4th gen all we did was put a pry bar up on the motor mount and pushed the exhaust down a little, not the best thing to do, but it got the job done.

Thank you to all who responded!

Using patience and plenty of the PB Blaster I was able to remove the cross over pipe and remove the starter (I was right--it was a bad starter) and very quickly replace it.

One note though, after using such a product on your exhaust pipes, expect a prodigious amount of smoke, as it burns off. For a few moments I was very alarmed when smoke came billowing out of my engine bay as the pipes heated up.

Again, guys, thanks for the advice!

Jack

Nice, it's back on the road and gave 2 times the smoke show :lol2: