While replacing the motor mounts, I'd discovered that the exhaust downpipe had come loose and was hanging on by only one bolt. Furthermore, the gasket was severely eroded.
I decided to replace both studs and nuts. I was able to back out the old studs (actually, there was one stud, and one mismatched bolt) after a good hour-long soak in WD-40. (I picked up some PB Blaster later in the afternoon, but didn't need it.) I installed the new studs after dressing them liberally in anti-seize.
After unsucessfully trying to locate an OEM gasket for three days, I stopped by my local muffler shop and asked them if they could find something. The fellow there found one on his Wall-of-Gaskets and even gave it to me for free. Free! (In this day and age!!)
Back in business!
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