[DML] Re: Removing Exhaust Crossover Pipe

["Dani B" <5n-@xxxxxxx>]

If you use the tiny socket wrench, 3/8" I believe-with the small
extension and the right size socket, taking out the clutch slave
cylinder should take you about 2 minutes working from under the car.
Takes me this long and I don't have to remove anything else aside from
the steel clutch line. You shouldn't have to remove the cross over-or
any coolant lines for that matter-as Dave said, it would just make the
project more difficult because now you need more coolant and need to
bleed the system to make sure no air entered. A dual exaust
eliminating the crossover does leave more space when a repair
arises-in fact I'm going to do some kind of conversion soon.-- but for
those of us who still have that damn crossover-
the use of small tools back there gets you a long way fast. Everyones
got their methods-just thought I'd share mine. -Dani B.
5003

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxx> wrote:
> Sometimes I think you complicate things just to complicate things.
I 
> would not remove the heater hoses to get to the clutch slave - that 
> just pours antifreeze all over everything making an already
annoying 
> job even slimier, not to mention adding about 3 more steps to the 
> process and dripping coolant in your face.  It's not really that 
> impossible, crossover pipe or not. This isn't a job you do on a 
> particular car more than once every eight or ten years.
> 
> BTW - I have no objection to your dual exhaust in spite of what you 
> read betwen my lines - it's just not a practical solution for
people 
> who live in areas with emission testing or ever expect to sell the 
> car into such an area. I realize you don't do either of those, so 
> it's fine for you. 
> 
> Dave S
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
> wrote:
> > I wasn't advising a dual---
> 
> > Removing and installing the slave cylinder without the crossover 
> pipe
> > in the way is one of the easiest procedures you'll ever perform
on 
> the
> > car. 100% guarantee it. I *DO* advise removing the heater core 
> takeoff
> > line during the process. 
> >




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