Help with offroad h pipe

mustangLX92 · 07-06-2001, 08:26 AM

I am having a hell of a time getting the stock H section of pipe off my car. I cant get to the bolts off the flang that connect the h pipe to the headers. It is too tight to get a socket up in there. How should I do this?

Smokedawg · 07-06-2001, 08:35 AM

I had the same problem. You will just have to work at it for awhile. Get the car up in the air so you have plenty of room to work. I found it a bit easier if you have a swivel headed extension. My bolts ended up breaking on me and I just cut them off with a torch and put new ones on when I installed my offroad pipe.

Good Luck

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Phantom5oh · 07-06-2001, 09:12 AM

A real long extension helps... I used one of my longer ones (24") and a swivel head w/ a deep socket, and a section of pipe on the ratchet, so I could get more torque to the bolts... good luck

Phantom

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07-06-2001, 08:26 AM	#1
mustangLX92 Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 138	Help with offroad h pipe I am having a hell of a time getting the stock H section of pipe off my car. I cant get to the bolts off the flang that connect the h pipe to the headers. It is too tight to get a socket up in there. How should I do this?

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07-06-2001, 08:35 AM	#2
Smokedawg Tires Fear Me... Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 867	I had the same problem. You will just have to work at it for awhile. Get the car up in the air so you have plenty of room to work. I found it a bit easier if you have a swivel headed extension. My bolts ended up breaking on me and I just cut them off with a torch and put new ones on when I installed my offroad pipe. Good Luck ------------------ 347 Stroker Motor: Balanced, Cobra Transmission, Extrude Ported and Polished Upper and ported Lower, GT40 Milled Ported and Polished Heads, B303 Cam, BBK 1 5/8 Headers, 30lb Bosch Injectors, Holley AFPR, March Underdrive Pulleys, Perma-Cool Fan, 3-Core Radiator, Accel Performance Coil, Accel 300+ Racing Wires, Ram Air, K&N Filter, 73mm Vortech MAF, 70mm TB, FlowMaster Exhaust w/BBK Offroad H-Pipe, Hurst Shifter, 3:55 Gears, Ram Clutch, Cross Drilled Rotors, AC and Smog del, rear seat del.

07-06-2001, 09:12 AM	#3
Phantom5oh Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 334	A real long extension helps... I used one of my longer ones (24") and a swivel head w/ a deep socket, and a section of pipe on the ratchet, so I could get more torque to the bolts... good luck Phantom ------------------ CHECK OUT MY MODS http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/...splay.cgi?1350