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[Thread Backward] Re: How toMsg # 5033 of 8004 on Powerstroke Diesel Conference (1)To: Mike McLaughlin, From: JJ Time: Monday 01-26-98, 04:06 pm The best spark plug is splitfire. Did you not know that? You get TWO sparks for the price of one :-) If you dont believe me just ask the man selling them out on the street corner JJ On Monday 01-26-98, 04:00 pm, Mike McLaughlin said: -Yeah - I'm kidding about this one, but I STILL - -haven't heard what freaking spark plugs are the - -best!!!!!! -Mike McLaughlin - - On Monday 01-26-98, 03:53 pm, EmrldDvr said: --Hey Mike, -- You ARE kidding aren't you? -- -- --On Monday 01-26-98, 03:51 pm, Mike McLaughlin - -said: ---Simple process here - take the new downpipe and --- ---set it on the floor. Take the baby sledge or --- ---whatever and hit it until it is 6 inches by 2 --- ---inches. This will make it possible to put the --- ---new downpipe in the stock cavity without having --- ---to dimple the firewall. ---Mike McLaughlin --- --- On Monday 01-26-98, 03:18 pm, Jay Chlebowski --- ---said: ----Howdy All! ---- ----I'm helping a friend install his Hypermax 3in --- ---turbo ----downpipe, and while the reciprocating saw made ----short work of the stock downpipe, we're left ----scratching our heads as to how to gain enough ----clearance to install the new pipe. ---- ----The directions note to "dimple" the firewall, --- ---but ----the firewall seems pretty sturdy and there's - -not ----enough room back there (or from underneath) to ----simply "whack" at it with a hammer or baby --- ---sledge. ---- ----So, the question is, to those who have - -installed ----new discharge pipes, how did you gain enough ----clearance? ---- ----BTW, if someone answers that they dropped the ----tranny a bit, please provide the details for - -the --- ---5- ----speed as neither of us has a service manual ----(although we've got the jack & tools to do it) --- ---and ----there are more than a few bolts holding that --- ---rear ----tranny support up there. It's hard to tell --- ---which ----ones to loosen to simply drop the tranny a --- ---little. ---- ----Anyway, thanx for the help. ---- ----Best Regards, ----Jay Replies to this message:
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