Decat Fitting

[neill54]

well got my decat from gus this week and tried to fit it today. spent about an hour taking out the intercooler heat sheilds etc only to get stuck by 4 out of the five bolts from the turbo to the old downpipe

anybody got any tips got my mechanic mate coming to help tomorrow morning but if there is any hints i would reall y appreciate it

cheers

neil

Edited February 15, 2008 by neill54

[dipsy]

Soak the studs the threaded part with Wd40 and if you get the nuts slack work the nut back and forwards till the nuts of and hopfully you won't snap the stud or take the car for a run every thing gets warm then give the nuts a spray with Wd40 the downpipe won't go on fire with doing this Wd40 just gives of white smoke and do the working back and forth of the nut till the nut is of

Edited February 15, 2008 by Dipsy

[colin_ross]

WD40, lots of it. A long breaker bar to get you started. Hands of a 5 year old or membership of the magic circle to get the ones under the core.

Oh yes and a box of plasters for your knuckles.

[neill54]

got all these bases covered apart from needing more wd40 used a whole can so far and still no budge cant run the car as ive got the intercooler and a couple of air hoses out the road but the mechanic friend has breaker bar torch etc so should be good

hope all goes well if i get the nuts loose!!!

cheers

neil

[euan_r]

if you have rounded the nuts these are brilliant

irwin

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Edited February 15, 2008 by euan_r

[craigy]

if you have rounded the nuts these are brilliant

irwin sockets

im fitting mine monday, now im worried lol

[neill54]

euan that link aint working for me but all is not lost yet they aint that rounded as when the spanner came off the first time i left that one and went on to the next so i woundnt kake a right mess of them but i know my mate will come up trumps for me

and craig it wont be that bad i bet just get some better tools than i have at the mo

neil

[craigy]

and craig it wont be that bad i bet just get some better tools than i have at the mo

neil

cheers mate, i have done the same as you and got a no it all to help lol

[dipsy]

Try single hex socket

[T_H_E__C_R_O_W]

I got single hex wall drive socket set for xmass. They are great things, no slippage even on rounded heads!, deff worth the investment even for a small time diy'er like myself.

[WUZ]

6-sided socket spanner and lots of WD40 works best on these tbh.

Russell

[neill54]

well thats the pipe fitted but still got a couple of things to do i need a new lamda sensor as my old one is fecked but its not the type ive seen before on asubaru so ill need to track one down

but because of this the engine check light is coming on and off well i need to do an ecu check thingy to make sure but all its nearly done but to be honest never again!!!

neil