Took the exhaust manifold off the head tonight.

What a fucking game that was!

Hint for anyone that's embarking on the same task, and hasn't done it before - you'll need WD40, a long handled 13mm spanner and a 13mm socket. And someone to hold the head while you try to undo the nuts!

First, I thought the nuts would just come off with a bit of elbow grease. The first one did. The next one took longer - because it was unscrewing the stud it was on! Not much of a problem really, seens as half of the studs were missing anyway! I'd love to know what the previous owners actually did to this before i got it!

I'm guessing that at some point the exhaust manifold was a slightly different affair, and was put back to standard in either a hurry or just for a giggle. Not one of the inlet manifold bolts or nuts were missing...draw your own conclusions!

I simply couldn't undo the nuts holding the turbo to the second part of the manifold, so had to try and work around it by undoing the manifold nuts instead.

After much grunting and swearing, the manifold came off, complete with turbo. Here's the pics - tell me what's wrong with the manifold........