4kq downpipe question

[Brendan]

I've been here...This technique sounds good, but be prepared for some SERIOUS 
difficulties.  Arms get tired, you get rust in your eyes, the nuts are hard 
to see unless you have a pile of light and a lift....Huw and I just chopped 
out the battery box, and threw the battery in the trunk...Gives you a TON of 
space...And it's not really that difficult...Oh well.

Brendan
87 4kq...


> Thanks for the advice.   I'm curious, can you use the same technique for
> the installation too?    Sounds like it's going to be a juggling act with
> those bolts and trying to hold the downpipe in place.
>
> ~Chris
> 86 4kcsq
>
>
> From: "Roa, Greg" <groa at Cinergy.com>
>
> >To: "'quattro at audifans.com'" <quattro at audifans.com>,
> >"'cr4ck3r at hotmail.com'" <cr4ck3r at hotmail.com>
> >Subject: RE: 4kq downpipe question
> >Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 08:40:33 -0400
> >
> >I found a terribly easy way to do this while doing a clutch job on my 4kq.
> >I had the car up on a lift, so I was cheating a little...  Take a long
> >extension bar ~2 feet long, and put it on a swivel socket.  Impact swivel
> >sockets work best, but they are $$$$$.  If you fish the socket on up past
> >the catalytic converter to the downpipe bolts, you shouldn't have a
> >problem.
> >There are 4 or five bolts, one of which is rather hard to see.  Other than
> >that, you need to disconnect the catalytic converter from the downpipe,
> > and the exhaust sampling tube.  Do those before pulling the downpipe from
> > the exhaust manifold though.
> >Oh, and use some penetrating oil on the bolts before you start, just to
> >make
> >it a bit easier.  Shouldn't take very long at all.
> >Good luck!
> >
> >Greg Roa
> >Cincinnati, OH
> >86' 4kcsq
> >93' 90 CS
> >83' 944
> >
> > >Hey all,
> > >   I finally pin pointed the whisping sound coming from my 86 4k.   I
> > > was
> >
> >so
> >
> > >afraid that it was the head (it over heated a week ago) but I found a
> >
> >crack
> >
> > >on my downpipe.    I was looking through the Bentley on the best way to
> > >remove this but it doesn't say.    My question is how hard is it to
> >
> >replace
> >
> > >a downpipe?    Is it strait forward?   It sure doesn't look like it is.
> > >What am I going to have to move to get at this thing?
> > >~Chris
> > >86 4kcsq
>
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