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gutting pre-cats #1336318 07/15/05 11:20 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 124 Schaumburg, IL E esveetee OP CEG\'er
OP esveetee CEG\'er E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 124 Schaumburg, IL	I went to gut my precats today. car up on jacks so on. used a crapload of liquid wrench on all the bolts. yet I still can't break any loose. in fact one of them when i turned the wrench it turned fairly easily but stripped the nut while doing so. which leads me to my first question 1. are all the bolts actually 15 mm? seemed like I could get a 14 on em pretty well. 2. is there anything I can do about the bolt that got stripped??? 3. is this all even worth it? 4. should I just save up and wait for a set from msds? if possible I would like to go with getting my precats gutted out, think maybe I could get a shop in the chicago area to just do it for me? 98-98.5 Silver Contour SVT short shifter Panasonic HU 2 12" MTX 8000's MA Audio mono block amp homemade box

Re: gutting pre-cats #1336319 07/16/05 01:05 AM
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,408 R Rogerm60 Hard-core CEG'er
Rogerm60 Hard-core CEG'er R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,408	Originally posted by tour98SVT: if possible I would like to go with getting my precats gutted out, think maybe I could get a shop in the chicago area to just do it for me? That's illegal! "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" -George Santayana

Re: gutting pre-cats #1336320 07/16/05 02:05 AM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 453 ohio 9 98Ford2L CEG\'er
98Ford2L CEG\'er 9 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 453 ohio	Originally posted by tour98SVT: I went to gut my precats today. car up on jacks so on. used a crapload of liquid wrench on all the bolts. yet I still can't break any loose. in fact one of them when i turned the wrench it turned fairly easily but stripped the nut while doing so. which leads me to my first question 1. are all the bolts actually 15 mm? seemed like I could get a 14 on em pretty well. 2. is there anything I can do about the bolt that got stripped??? 3. is this all even worth it? 4. should I just save up and wait for a set from msds? if possible I would like to go with getting my precats gutted out, think maybe I could get a shop in the chicago area to just do it for me? I would say if the 14mm fits better than use it, who cares what it "supposed" to be.

Re: gutting pre-cats #1336321 07/16/05 05:07 AM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,456 F FavoriteMystaque Hard-core CEG\'er
FavoriteMystaque Hard-core CEG\'er F Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,456	Why gut the cats, are they plugged?

Re: gutting pre-cats #1336322 07/16/05 01:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,017 Toronto, Canada C chongo Hard-core CEG\'er
chongo Hard-core CEG\'er C Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,017 Toronto, Canada	As anyone who works on cars will tell you, bolts located under the car (exhaust) must be heated in order to loosen them. Lubricant spray won't do it alone. As for the stripped one. Heat it up, use vise grips to remove it, jam a smaller socket on it, or get one of those special sockets that connect to stripped heads. 1996 2.5LT V6 Contour ATX My Tour+help/info pics E0 rims, Gutted Pre-Cats,CTA Custom Exhaust & Intake, Diablo Chip.

Re: gutting pre-cats #1336323 07/16/05 07:17 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 351 Louisville, KY B Big_B CEG\'er
Big_B CEG\'er B Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 351 Louisville, KY	If you plan to get MSDS headers in the future, just wait until then and don't worry about gutting the precats. It is such a huge pain to take those stock manifolds off that once you get them back on you will never want to take them off again. If you think those bolts on the manifolds are tough, wait until you get to the bolt on the alternator (remember, you don't have to remove the alternator, but you will likely have to rotate it to the side.) I hope you have lots of socket extensions and U-Joints because you will need them as well as some band aids. MSDS headers are well worth it once they are on, but all that work for gutted precats is not worth the trouble IMHO, if you are planning on getting MSDS anyway. Black 2000 SVT Contour w/ Prairie Tan MSDS Headers \| Magnaflow \| Mirko Splitter \| Fidanza Short Throw Shifter \| Kenwood KVT-815 LCD/DVD

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