need help with downpipe
06-20-06, 11:21 AM
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need help with downpipe
okay so i'm tryin to remove the stock pre-cat/downpipe. well the top left nut is a friggin bitch to get at. i don't have any air tools so i have to try and fit a wrench in there to get it off. i've tried a bunch of combinations of rachets and extensions and there just isn't room to turn in there. anyone know any tricks to getting that nut off?
06-20-06, 11:29 AM
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A nut is a nut my friend. Do what you can to get it out no matter how long it takes. Also are you working from the hood ? Cause when I installed my new downpipe I was working from under the car. More simpler for me.
06-20-06, 12:35 PM
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remove the intercooler and go at it from the top. you might have to get a small piece of pipe to lenghten your socket wrench. or atleast thats what i did
06-20-06, 12:37 PM
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I removed the acv, thing with all of the vacuum hoses, to get it off. And yes, it is a bizznatch...or atleast I thought it was until I got to the nuts that attach the turbo to the manifold..omg. I have one left but cant find it. Its the far back one on top 
06-20-06, 01:17 PM
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**** ive dont that so many times i can pull my turbo and manifold in about 1 hour if the car isnt hot.. i guess you get used to it after you have changed the turbo like 4 times..lol
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LoL, yea I know what you mean. Its been pretty easy except these nutts are so rusty...:-P Where is the last one for the manifold? Or better yet, what is the best way of taking off the last nut connecting the manifold and turbo- through top or bottom? Ive taken the bottom two and first top one all from the bottom so far.
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i do most of my turbo from up top
the only ones i do from the bottom are the 2 bottom manifold nuts and the one DP nut on the bottom.
oh yea the only tools that i use to take the turbo off are wrences.. if that hepls at all.. wich nut are you having trouble finding..pics of the area??
EDit: oh yea i forgot to mention i take the manifold off with the turbo one shot.. i find that A LOT easier..
the only ones i do from the bottom are the 2 bottom manifold nuts and the one DP nut on the bottom.
oh yea the only tools that i use to take the turbo off are wrences.. if that hepls at all.. wich nut are you having trouble finding..pics of the area??
EDit: oh yea i forgot to mention i take the manifold off with the turbo one shot.. i find that A LOT easier..
