I cant get the headers out of the engine bay after taking off all the bolts connecting it to the car. The bolts that disconnect the two stock pieces (from where it narrows from 4 to 1) wont come off, due to being hard to get at. I used some solvent, but still cant get them off. Anyone have any ideas?

 

i dont understand.. you cant get the header off of the downpipe?

 

Yeah...I got the header disconnected from the car...and the downpipe disconnected....but i cant pull them out without disconnecting them from each other....but i dont have enough room to use anything but a dinky wrench/ratchet to try and get the bolts off that connect the two

 

you need to get a pretty long extension... but you dont need a long one to put the aftermarket one tho

 

not enough room for an extension bar in there...i took the other bolts off that way though

 

what are you talking about.. i'm pretty sure you can get 2 off from the top then you have to get the last one from under the car

 

i cant get the two off from the top, so im just going to try and cut them off

I havent tried the third

I know what you mean by extension now, I misunderstood in the last post.

 

cut them offf??? wtf?! no

 

dont cut it.. just take it out the right way keep trying... buy a mini torch and get the bolts red hot then try to get them off they should come off like butter

 

yeah...that is what a friend says too

ill keep trying tonight, but tomorrow it is the torch

thanks for the help

 

if your having this many problems getting the bolts off dont even bother trying to get the o2 sensor out before you drop the piping.. just unplug it and take it down

 

yeah I did that....strange thing is, the other bolts were no problem, just these three

 

and you for sure cant just pull it out as one piece.. i dont remember

 

I cant find a way...when posting, i was hoping someone would tell me "hey, you can just blah blah blah and not worry about them bolts", otherwise i would have just started a bolt thread.

I put all the old stuff back on for the moment as I need it to drive to work....im sure i can find someone in this city that will lossen them for me, or somethin.....a guy at work tried to convince me to heat up the downpipe and cut it off with a dremel...that is last resort.