exhaust manifold studs missing - how screwed am I? (archive)

My car suddenly started breaking windows for miles around today - found that the all 4 studs on the rearmost cylinder are GONE, hence the exhaust manifold pipe is floating in space, and also noticed two were missing from the front cylinder as well. Holy sh*t. Please tell me I don't have to pull the engine or the head... It looks like they just fell out, not snapped off. Any info/advice much appreciated!

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Re: exhaust manifold studs missing - how screwed a Neil Deshpande 21:36 9/22/2001 (5)
- Re: exhaust manifold studs missing - how screwed a Todd Kenyon 22:06 9/22/2001 (4)
  - Re: exhaust manifold studs missing - how screwed a Neil Deshpande 00:34 9/23/2001 (3)
    - Oil leak questions Todd Kenyon 15:46 9/23/2001 (2)
      - Re: Oil leak questions Neil Deshpande 16:27 9/23/2001 (1)
        
        Re: Oil leak questions (long) Todd Kenyon 20:08 9/23/2001 (0)
Re: exhaust manifold studs missing - how screwed a Michael 20:30 9/22/2001 (0)

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