Strange fastener advice

[jcatnite]

I broke the (for lack of a better term) pedestal bolt that holds the intake and exhaust manifold on my 1500 tonight. I knew it was toast as soon as I put the wrench on it. It seems to be a stud that has a spacer welded in the middle. Moss and VB don't show a replacement. Any other 1500 owners ran into this? I might just turn a nut down to the proper thickness and use a new stud. Also, I broke the EGR valve off the exhaust manifold. Of course the pipe is still in the manifold. I thought about trying to drill it carefully and then pick the remainder out of the thread. I had been using heating and PB blaster treatment on it for about a week before I got the courage to put a pipe wrench on it. Does anyone know if I can weld that port up? I got the feeling that the exhaust manifold is cast and I've never had much luck welding that. Just canvasing for suggestions.
JC

 

[tony barnhill]

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pedestal bolt that holds the intake and exhaust manifold

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Are you talking about one that goes into the head?

That Zenith Stromberg manifold is cast - find a professional welder who does that type work

 

[jcatnite]

No the bolt I'm talking about screws into the intake manifold just below the carb flange. It's hard to describe. I think I can make one. I could get similar results by welding two bolts together head to head. The only thing is I'm not sure a weld like that would hold up to the vibration and I don't know if I could find two bolts that had heads thin enough. I'm sure this sounds confusing...lol.
JC

 

[jlaird]

Cast can be welded just fine.

 

[Morris]

JC, unless you are going for originality, I think you can live without that bolt. I run headers on my car, and there is nothing connecting the header to the intake. I have had no problems (with that part of the car anyway).