leaking pipes?
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From: Suffolk, VA
When i took my original pipes off, two of the bolts broke off in the babys butt. I would have been pissed if i was reusing them, but i was going with the ih pipes from riffraff. So i got the sawzall out and made quick work of it.
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From: Albemarle, NC
yep, I broke out the sawzall, but didn't even need it. the pipes collector literally pulled off with no resistance. I didn't even have to soak the bolts at the manifolds with pb blaster. Dewalt 18v cordless impact wrench busted them off easy peazy. only problem I had, was trying to figure out which way the passenger side up pipe was supposed to be installed. the old ones pulled out so loose, that I couldn't tell which way was correct. slid in the passenger side and collector together (since I didn't remove downpipe) and had to take back out, and rotate pass side up pipe 180 degrees. Aside from that, the biggest issue I had is the firewall insulation was virtually shredded, and all the insulation fibers (ceramic?) were tearing my hands up. I have gloves, but hate the loss of dexterity, and my hands paid the price. I tore everything apart on Saturday afternoon, and spent sunday afternoon putting it all back together. I think I spent more time trying to clean the engine bay up, about 8 cans of brake clean, to remove all the soot. It looked like it caught fire. I did have nice and shiny painted IC pipes, intake manifold, etc, but will probably have to repaint since brake clean eats it up.
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