I tackled this project this morning and all is going well. 40 minutes to have the passenger side manifold off and on the bench. Roughly 2hrs to finish the passenger side and I'm not going to tackle the drivers side until it gives me a reason to. It's not cracked but I have the parts on the shelf should I ever need them.
Couple interesting finds. The part number of the new manifold is different than the factory installed one and the casting is different around the area where it cracked.
They softened out the curves where the manifold is contoured for the bolt heads. Hopefully this change is the fix but I’m just glad to see they aren’t identical to the originals and destined for the same demise. Time will tell.
Old part number = 58365738AA (8K08)
New part number = 68529832AA (3D21)
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