Can't get starter out, Y-pipe welded on
06-01-2011, 05:29 PM
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Can't get starter out, Y-pipe welded on So I had starter hum/sticking this morning and had to take another car to work. A little later when I got home (got off early) I went to buy a new starter and then jacked the car up and saw that there was no way that it was coming out without removing the y-pipe. Then I saw and remembered from my headgasket change that when my exhaust was installed, they welded the y-pipe to the i-pipe before the cat.
So what can I do? Last time I took my car to a shop, they diagnosed my no shifting problem with very low fluid and changed the pan twice because it was leaking, and it's still leaking. Can I cut it off before the weld with a saw-zall (reciprocating saw and somehow convert this to a clamp on like it should be? I don't know how I would do that and I'm not sure I can cut too straight with the saw-zall. Maybe some kind of reducer pipe into the i-pipe with a clamp? Or do you think I should just cut it off, change the starter and drive it to the exhaust shop with open headers and hope I don't get pulled over
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So what can I do? Last time I took my car to a shop, they diagnosed my no shifting problem with very low fluid and changed the pan twice because it was leaking, and it's still leaking. Can I cut it off before the weld with a saw-zall (reciprocating saw and somehow convert this to a clamp on like it should be? I don't know how I would do that and I'm not sure I can cut too straight with the saw-zall. Maybe some kind of reducer pipe into the i-pipe with a clamp? Or do you think I should just cut it off, change the starter and drive it to the exhaust shop with open headers and hope I don't get pulled over
? 
06-01-2011, 06:02 PM
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Take off/unbolt the shortys, use sawzall to cut y pipe, Remove starter, Install new starter, Purchase long tube headers and y pipe, remove new starter, install headers, install new starter, drink beer. Its just that easy.
Just think of it as a 600$ starter, not a starter and new LT headers/ypipe
Just think of it as a 600$ starter, not a starter and new LT headers/ypipe
06-01-2011, 07:37 PM
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So I can band clamp butt to butt two pipes of the same diameter using a band clamp? That's the part that isn't clear, I know very little about putting together exhaust.
