jeraldjcook

So I get the car up on jack stands last night so I can install my new clutch and had to stop after about 10 minutes. It turns out the steel tubing for the smog pump running from the cats up into the engine bay is welded so it forms a single tube. That raises two problems: (1) I don’t have the height clearance with the car on jack stands to drop the H-pipe and keep everything intact; and (2) Even if I had the height clearance, the smog tubing is going to prevent the h-pipe from sliding forward so I can remove it from its mounts.



So, I’m thinking my only option is to start cutting. Could somebody provide me with a photo and/or advice on how to properly hook this back up? Is the tubing normally connected with compressed flanges (like where the headers meet the H-pipe) or some other type of connection? Is the tubing that connects between the two cats and then up to the smog pump lines a factory part or something I would need to fabricate myself? Any advice would be appreciated. If I can just get the clutch replaced and fix this later that would be my preference. I just bought the car and haven’t even had the chance to really drive the darn thing because of the clutch.

mjr46

you don't need to slide it, what I do is place a jack somewhere to hold tranny level, unbolt crossmember, then undo tranny mount and then undo h-pipe and it should drop straight down = no cutting and tube still attached, try that

FivePointOhh

ew ew ew ew! bbk-ssi

clean ride though man! lookin good! and your ashtray door works!!!

as for your question, what MJR be sayin is dead on brotha!

jeraldjcook

Ah, makes perfect sense. I guess I never looked at what the h-pipe actually mounts on to. It will probably have to wait a week so I can get access to a lift. The piping rises approximately 2 feet into the engine and my jack stands aren't that high. Thanks for the tip MJR.

Ha ha, not my choice, it came with the car. This guy must have loved BBK 'cause EVERYTHING on the car is BBK. It will be changed eventually.

mjr46

so get some truck jack stands or do what I did I jacked the car up as high as I could and I had railroad tie chunks about 3 feet long a piece and I jacked the car up so I could push them under the fron tires, worked great and lots of clearance, normally I do all my work on a lift at my shop but I had my vert at my house for a few months doing interior work