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Mine sure were...

Ok, I thought '65s were 413...Looked on the little block between the distributor and intake but couldn't make anything out.

Success. Got her back together. Quiet again. New mystery. What do you guys make of these certicards? My ride is a '66, but the certicard says "413" for the motor. Were early '66s equipped with the 413?

Oh, man. I still can't claim total success-yet. Hope to post about a very quiet Imp today or tomorrow!

Well, to be honest, in the intervening years I had little use for it, but now... No problem, really, I can still put my hands on it.

Ok, I didn't have THAT issue. Whew, hat's off!

Well, if I had just a little more brains and alot more patience I would have gone in like you did, but noooo, I didn't wait for my floor jack to come back (borrowed 11 years ago by the ex-in-law) I just thought, "How hard could it be?" and went in from the top. Now I'm trying to figure out the...

Great advice, Ross. Thanks.

Well, I am declaring a qualified, partial, with several asterisks, victorious victory over that last stud. It took hours- lots of hours- penetrating oil and beer, to get that d*mn thing out. The nut even came off! Ended up with only two (the water jacket ones-one is in the picture) that came out...

Ha! Thank you for the link. I hope not either!

Thanks, Ross. Good idea on the double nuts and tape. Already goofed on the antifreeze, though. Luckily I have been working from the top...

Oh, yeah. Driver side rear. Cautiously optimistic though. I put the nut back on the other end and snugged it up, hoping to take a little pressure off the other end. I've been hosing it down with penetrating oil off and on all evening and getting a couple clicks at a time out of the ratchet. Try...

When I picked her up in York, Nebraska, she was quiet as a church mouse. The pre-purchase inspection revealed an exhaust leak around the heat riser, so I asked the shop in town there to just cut it off. For reasons unknown to me, they decided to take both exhaust manifolds off and put gaskets...