TB Bypass 5 minute install my ass.
06-14-2006, 01:45 AM
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TB Bypass 5 minute install my ***. I dont wanna seem like a nub, but this is more in depth then a simple "5 minute install"
I have a 97 Z28 and just wondering what everyone else did. These damn metal clamps are a bitch to get off and I cant even get to them really good enough to get on the clamps and I have a 14 inch needle nose, ******* altenator support is in the way and the TPS, and that damn hose on the metal line thats about 3 inches long is hard as a bitch and doesnt wanna move anywhere. Imma try to take off the TPS and see what I can do from there.
Very simple install but its a bitch getting off the left side hose.
Any easier way?
I have a 97 Z28 and just wondering what everyone else did. These damn metal clamps are a bitch to get off and I cant even get to them really good enough to get on the clamps and I have a 14 inch needle nose, ******* altenator support is in the way and the TPS, and that damn hose on the metal line thats about 3 inches long is hard as a bitch and doesnt wanna move anywhere. Imma try to take off the TPS and see what I can do from there.
Very simple install but its a bitch getting off the left side hose.
Any easier way?
06-14-2006, 01:53 AM
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Yea I didn't think the install was terrible, try using locking vice-grips, I have the really small ones, that worked well, I'm not too sure but the install might be slightly different on a '97.
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06-14-2006, 05:53 AM
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I cut my hose off of the metal coolant return pipe - I wasn't reusing it anyway. Remove the alternator support to gain more room to work. Remove the throttle body if thing it would help.
06-14-2006, 09:30 AM
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I just ran the hose that was attached to the Radiator strait to the metal one, even used the clamp that was on that one. Took no time at all. Then took the little piece off of the TB, and plugged the connections. I am thinking about cutting them off when I get back, make them look like nothing was even there.
06-14-2006, 11:07 AM
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Def a nub. Just remove the hose from the TB and route it to the metal steam pipe.
I had my TB off when I first did this so it was cake.
merv- You dont need to cut them off, just twist and pull, they are only pressed in. I pulled mine and filled the holes with JB weld. A little 'cast aluminum' high temp paint and you cant even tell there were holes there.
I had my TB off when I first did this so it was cake.
merv- You dont need to cut them off, just twist and pull, they are only pressed in. I pulled mine and filled the holes with JB weld. A little 'cast aluminum' high temp paint and you cant even tell there were holes there.
06-14-2006, 12:40 PM
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On my Z, TB bypass turned into 2 hr project because my screwdriver slipped and broke my tps, so i had to run to the store, buy a new one, take off my tb and one of the bolts was stripped, etc.
My t/a wasn't that bad. I didn't buy those rip off tb kits, just bought my own hose and did it myself.
My t/a wasn't that bad. I didn't buy those rip off tb kits, just bought my own hose and did it myself.
06-14-2006, 01:50 PM
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Whats up fire- haven't seen you in a bit. I'll do that then when I get back. I can't wait to get home and work on it.. lol All this stuff that I can and have to do, and it just sits in storage, and I am in Iraq...
I got a ton of mod $$ for it too, and a few things to fix to keep me busy for a while. A blown Head Gasket, new Oil Dipstick Tube, both Front Hubs need to be changed, LT Headers, new Exhaust setup, and little tweaks here and there. Then some ideas to lighten it up more, and a custom paint job.
I got a ton of mod $$ for it too, and a few things to fix to keep me busy for a while. A blown Head Gasket, new Oil Dipstick Tube, both Front Hubs need to be changed, LT Headers, new Exhaust setup, and little tweaks here and there. Then some ideas to lighten it up more, and a custom paint job.
06-14-2006, 04:56 PM
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Friggin finally got it done and this is a 100% free mod. No need to buy anything.
The 2nd hose that connects on the bottom right of the TB to the radiator is more then long enough to reach the metal line on my 97 ( dont know about earlier years).
I had to take the altenator support off, tps sensor, a couple air tubes, the intake elbow and some thing on top of the intake plenum to be able to have enough room to work.
I kept using the needle nose to pull the metal clamp that is around the hose so I could get my fingers down there easy enough and pull the two clamp ends together and slide the clamp back (did this on all the hose ends that I needed to pull off)...took a little wiggling of the hose but it came off from the TB, same thing from the line to the TB, moved the clamp with the needle nose till both clamp ends were facing up and slid the clamp down the hose but off the line, the hose did not wanna come off the line so I had to cut it off. Then I repeated the process on the bottom right tube, also had to cut it
Then I ran the tube from the radiator back up to the coolant line where I was able to reuse the original clamp that was on the hose.
Plugged everything back in and put the elbow back on, I left the altenator support off, no real need for it that I could see but I still put the bolts and the nut back on.
The 2nd hose that connects on the bottom right of the TB to the radiator is more then long enough to reach the metal line on my 97 ( dont know about earlier years).
I had to take the altenator support off, tps sensor, a couple air tubes, the intake elbow and some thing on top of the intake plenum to be able to have enough room to work.
I kept using the needle nose to pull the metal clamp that is around the hose so I could get my fingers down there easy enough and pull the two clamp ends together and slide the clamp back (did this on all the hose ends that I needed to pull off)...took a little wiggling of the hose but it came off from the TB, same thing from the line to the TB, moved the clamp with the needle nose till both clamp ends were facing up and slid the clamp down the hose but off the line, the hose did not wanna come off the line so I had to cut it off. Then I repeated the process on the bottom right tube, also had to cut it
Then I ran the tube from the radiator back up to the coolant line where I was able to reuse the original clamp that was on the hose.
Plugged everything back in and put the elbow back on, I left the altenator support off, no real need for it that I could see but I still put the bolts and the nut back on.
