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Old Feb 7, 2009 | 09:13 PM
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Question how do the coolant tubes underneath the TB come out???
ive had the coolant bypass for the longest time and ive seen that some of u dont have the coolant tubes underneath the TB anymore. how do u get them out???
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By force mainly.
like maybe pull the **** out of them with channel locks?
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Old Feb 7, 2009 | 09:23 PM
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lol, did i give you a idea?? Im just gonna heat mine till i get it out. Or cut it flush and braze it smooth.
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Old Feb 7, 2009 | 09:31 PM
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lol, did i give you a idea?? Im just gonna heat mine till i get it out. Or cut it flush and braze it smooth.
haha ya actually u did. thanx taubr unit. i dont see a need to keep my TB coolant pipes with plugs when i did the coolant bypass so i may as well remove them. im gonna try yanking the **** out of them with channel locks tomorrow. if that doesnt work, ill try your other suggestions
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haha, i just figured it would look a lot better and im a play-baby like that! Kinda light weight reduction how every little bit adds up. Well every little clean-er-up mod like this really adds up to smoothness in the end. Some may think its stupid but i like doing small stupid mods like this IMO
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haha, i just figured it would look a lot better and im a play-baby like that! Kinda light weight reduction how every little bit adds up. Well every little clean-er-up mod like this really adds up to smoothness in the end. Some may think its stupid but i like doing small stupid mods like this IMO
im the same way. i remove anything 'i dont absolutely need' even if its the littlest thing and it also does give a more subtle, plain look as well. people tell me its stupid and i just tell 'em 'every little bit adds up'
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out of all the **** i did to my car its nice to have a "easy fun" job to do once in a while. kinda a nice break from the headach crap!
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out of all the **** i did to my car its nice to have a "easy fun" job to do once in a while. kinda a nice break from the headach crap!
ya thats true also. im having a headache job right now going thru my engine bay harness gutting wires
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If you can get the TB off the car, it was real easy to crush the end of the tube in a vise and then pull and twist. The tubes are just pressed into the TB housing.

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Originally Posted by touronhold72
If you can get the TB off the car, it was real easy to crush the end of the tube in a vise and then pull and twist. The tubes are just pressed into the TB housing.

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ok, thanx man. ill get them out as soon as weather persist and im not busy
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i got mine out, the top one came out REAL easy. The bottom ciilant tubes i bent them till they broke off real close to the TB then drilled through the entire thing.
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Haha, like I said- by force. Option B looks good!
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still havent went after this yet. been caught up with other things. gonna try channel locks in a twisting/pulling motion first and see if i can free'em up
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