How the fook do you get a 4x4 cossie downpipe back on just took my power engineering system off to fit 2wd manifold and mongoose exhaust,the size difference in the downpipes is shocking

But i cant get the new downpipe back on grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

need it done tomorrow so any hints and tips would be great

here is a pic to show the size difference

 

mine was the same jack the front up and fight like fuck,thats what i did and it went in eventually

 

pmsl i have been lol i cant physically get the front any higher

 

take the anti roll bar off, that would give you more room,

 

ronnie that means even more fooking about lol isnt there an easy way

 

you can just drop the anti roll bar mounts,that will give you a bit more room.

you have to get the car as high as you can too as you have to twist and turn the downpipe under the car to get it to fit in there.

have you put a 2wd ex manifold onto your car as i put a 1-2 inch extention in my downpipe to give me a bit more clearance,hope you will be ok.

 

it is a case of twisting and turning, it's only 4 bolts to drop the anti roll bar

 

dave a bought the exhaust off jtechsaff so it already had the extension done to the downpipe.

How high is very high lol

 

should be ok then.

about 2ft high should do it lol.

 

i done a gearbox the other week on a 4x4 saph and i had it jacked up maximum height on axle stands, about 10 inches high guessing, i did drop the anti roll bar and it made it easier for me, just drop it from the mounts and leave it bolted to the tca's

 

looks like thats what ill have to do tomorrow

Dave why dont you come back to work early and help me

 

when putting the anti roll bar mounts back on, jack the anti roll bar up in the middle so you can line up the 2 brackets with the holes in the chassis,a lot easier that way.

oh, when taking the mounts off, undo a bit of each bolt at a time or it will be hard to get a socket on the other bolt, if you take one fully out,the arb will push the bracket down and you cannot get at it.

 

exactly what dave said

 

i would if i could lol, not going back until Tue morning, if you can wait until Tuesday night, i will certainly pop round to do it.

 

Ahhh bummer, Sarah needs her car for work Tuesday so ill have to do it tomorrow

 

sorry Lee.

think you have my number,any problem then give me a call.

should be ok with the advise above.

 

everything that has been suggested I told you on the phone 5 hours ago!!!

you wil get there you just have to do as your told lol

steve

 

get round there Steve and give Lee a hand lol,thats what he wants lol.

 

I could tommorrow dave if he gets stuck and begs me lol

steve

 

take you 10 mins Steve lol.

Lee will sort it i'm sure.

 

ste the old one came out without doing any of the above lol so i thought id try the new one same way

 

where do you have found your heatshield materials ? the top looks fine

 

take it its all done Lee.

 

well I got no calls dave so he must have sussed it!

untill he turns a corner and finds out it's too close to the prop or chassis and it clonks all the time lol

like mine did on my saph years ago till I sussed what the noise was!

steve

 

must have Steve lol.

he will know for when it has to come off again.

 

yeah its all done lol

i aint driven it yet but sarah said its vibrating at slow speeds

 

have to give it a run Lee then you might have to re-align it to stop the knocking.

 

yeh get some one eles to do it lol

 

ill find out tomorrow when i use it for work

 

i just undit the enine mount bolts on mine and engine crained the engine up gave bit more clearance still had to fight a bit mind lol

 

get it to wennys on wed night so you can line it up right

 

your so kind offering to do it blacky

 

where do you have found your heatshield materials ? the top looks fine

 

there are plenty of hands on a wed night if you need a hand

 

A good friend of mine got it done at work

 

Is it all sorted now then people.

 

yep its on, but not sure if its vibrating, i will tell you when i nail it to seaton in a bit

Sarah

 

Is it ok then Sarah.

 

yep all fine, goes like fook now

someone in a white van flashed then waved me earlier, not sure if it was davecos4x4 going towards seaton, i didnt get a proper look while i was driving along, could have been anyone

Sarah

 

Sweet glad its sorted.Was it a bastard to put back on then?