Nope...here's what I did:
(1) Soaked the Manifold Bolts with WD-40 overnight and then tapped on them
with a hammer the next morning. (They unscrew very easily with this
procedure)
(2) Unbolted the Flanges from the Manifolds (Y-Pipe)
(3) Unbolted the Manifolds (Cleaned up the mating surface on the
heads...just in case)
(4) Bolted up the JBA Headers (On the Driver-Side, put the front and rear
bolt in first...the rear is a B--ch unless you've got small fingers.)
(5) Tightened up the headers and bolted the Y-Pipe back up
(6) Ran the truck until hot and retightened the header bolts (Checked them
the next morning and they, to this day, still don't leak) :)
It's a very easy installation which I also did with strictly hand tools.
Total time was about 1.5 hours.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: RE: DML: WOOHOO. . . Headers are here!
The return address on the box is straight from JBA and Joe Stone left me a
little note on the invoice, so I would suppose their straight from JBA. The
aren't as shiny as the pics of Bernd's. Everything came along. I am debating
if I should try the install myself. Should I try it? Did you have to remove
your coil bernd? And what is the exhaust pipe flare? Is that where it
connects to the y pipe or attached to the motor? I don't have any power
tools or torque wrench, just some hand tools.
Steven 2me
http://www.smokindakota.com
AOL IM = SmknDakTrk
ICQ = 42763370
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