down pipe removal

[dizdak]

in process of removing down pipe, question is can i get this thing out w/o removing the trans? this thing is tight!!

 

[dizdak]

everything is unhooked, does it remove from under the motor and pull up some how?

 

[79jasper]

Depends if you're reusing vs replacing. Lol

Banks 3" can be pulled from the top. Gotta twist it though.


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[dizdak]

am removing factory down pipe, and installing banks 3" pipe..

 

[dizdak]

got it!!! loosened the 2 body bolts on the pass side cab and jacked it up an inch or so and it slid out like butter!!! new pipe went in good... job done.. now on to exhaust, and trying to get it to whistle a little more...

 

[ironworker40]

pics please. I will be doing the same thing soon. Is the banks pipe a bolt in deal? same length and clamps?

 

[79jasper]

Make sure it doesn't touch the cab, not that heat shield.
It will drive you crazy.


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[dizdak]

the banks pipe mates up fine at the top... its just a cut end at the botom so have to get an adapter to connect to exhaust..but i plan to add a 5" diamond eye exhaust here very soon so not going to spend any money on making the current exhaust work..but once i undid the 2 body bolts on the pass side and jacked the cab up a lil it made everything a ton easier...i shoulda did that last night..

 

[ironworker40]

I''m planning on removing cab for this plus head gaskets and rustproofing. I,m just hoping i can get it orientated correct so when the cab goes back on it clears.

 

[Zaggnutt]

I''m planning on removing cab for this plus head gaskets and rustproofing. I,m just hoping i can get it orientated correct so when the cab goes back on it clears.

I see that you plan to pull your cab for other things anyway, but I wanted to throw in my 2 cents.... I just put in a Banks DP a few weeks ago... I have an identical truck to "dizdak"... I loosened the v clamp holding the dp to the turbo housing and removed the worthless muffler. I left everything else together.... When I pulled and twisted on the exhaust pipe the whole thing fell out. I didn't touch anything else.

 

[rhkcommander]

Did you clearance the firewall lip while old downpipe was off? It will help make it much easier

 

[dizdak]

i wiggled and twisted and did all i could do and it hung up every which way till i lifted the cab a little...the 3" bank pipe went in easier than the old pipe came out.. for a larger pipe it seems clear all the way around it.. have no clearance issues... and the vclamp wasn't too bad to work with either...

 

[79jasper]

Could've just saws awed the old one. Lol


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[dizdak]

that thought crossed my mind!! but if i would have just liftd the cab from the start this would hve probably been a 45 minute job...

 

[reward_1000]

Do you have a part number for the banks pipe?