Downpipe install?

[bradrenea]

OK, so I read several post on here that say "removal is the hard part, install is a piece of cake"
I have been screwing with mine for a couple hours and can not get it to go. It's a 3" DiamondEye. I have a manual tranny. I've cut and pried all I can. I can' t get it to move any farther.
Any suggestions?

[donald lorbeske]

make sure you push back the pinch weld on the fire wall real good its a pain in the but i spent 6 hr on my 97 to do it

[storkerlovr]

keep cutting lol. it sucks. i did one at about 10pm in the rain the other night. now that sucked

[bradrenea]

Tired of messing with it. Buddy's on the way over with a port-a-power.

[ryandamo]

is it 2 piece? gotta wiggle it and twist it and it will just pop in

[2005F250]

My engine got removed when the DP went in. But It had to come out anyway to fix some other stuff

[bradrenea]

Originally Posted by ryandamo

is it 2 piece? gotta wiggle it and twist it and it will just pop in

Yes it is two piece. I did wiggle, and twist, and beat on it.... then wiggled some more, then took it out, pried on the firewall, beat on it, cut on it, beat a little more..... you get the picture. Did it for two hours straight.

Buddy showed up with the port a power and in less than three minutes that puppy was in!