Well I have two badly leaking Up-pipes and I need to replace the Donuts. I want the new up-pipes but that will have to wait. Anyway I have read a couple writeups and have most of the information I need. If I do it from under the truck do I need to completly remove the up-pipes or just the top of them. O anybody have any parts numbers for good gaskets at Autozone, Oreilys', or Advance. Any tips or advice will be great.
if it aint that bad, dont screw with it. i just did it on mine.i got 2 out. one came out with the threads. i had to cut the others off with a torch. then i helicoiled all the holes. im glad its out of the way
No it is really bad I just got back from a 500 mile trip to the SEC Championship Roll Tide (Even though we lost) Anyway it got worse over the weekend and now its to the point I can hear the leak. It is to the point it has to be done.
The worst part is the bolts on the turbo inlet flange. In a worst case, the bolts at the manifolds are through bolts with nuts that are easy to replace if you snap them. It took me 2 hours with a blowtorch and WD-40 to back the turbo inlet bolts out without breaking them (parts out of truck in a vise)
All I hear is the horror stories which is bad for me because anything that can happen to me usally does. I am not doing this till saturday so I guess i will start blasting those bolts with some PB blaster
I tried the carquest part numbers for the donuts and they dont seem to work I cant find them online. Anybody have any others part numbers or a link to them online. thank for the help
just get em at ford . they aint that bad. and hard to get pb blaster on them . they are blind tapped holes.drivers side you can get from underneath. i had turbo off, so i could get to pass side bolts. i had to torch em, so i got the most room that way
I believe Beans diesel has some type of upgrade gaskets ( just what I've heard)
and i also saw on here recently, someone selling an aftermarket up pipe assy. just thought I'd throw that in the mix
Well I ran by the dealer and picked up two donut seals Part # F4TZ-6K854-C for $11 bucks each and I went ahead and got the four bolts # W300006 whick are $5 bucks each. I got the bolts just incase i had some trouble with the others and messed one up.
I thought I read on here somewhere that you could use the ones for a small block chevy? I've probly got a dozen of thoes around the garage... when I did run a gasser, I ran hedders... never needed the donuts when I got gasket kits!
Yeah I have read that its kind of a mixed bag with the chevy gaskets. I figured I would give these a shot to see if they hold up and give some feedback to the members:thumb:
the ford ones looked like metal window screen mashed into the shape of the gasket after 220K. Carquest, or Napa the gaskets/donuts are chevy 1.5" exhaust donuts,I paid $1.74 for each of them. dont know the # but they should be able to find that. :thumb:
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