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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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My maf isnt going in all the way. ive heated it up and everything and now i cant get it back out. Anyone?
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 07:05 PM
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lol that sucks! Have you tried disassembling the MAF, and tapping it in? Or tapping it out?
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 07:24 PM
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Same thing happened to me. Gonna have to take sandpaper and sand out the neck. I did this, then me and my dad had to push from opposite ends to get it on. Had to use gun lube to get it to slip on the MAF end. It's a bitch but this worked for me. Good luck.
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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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yeah there is no exact science to getting the damn MAF in a new lid lol. I had to heat and sand down the inside of the neck of mine to get the MAF to go in... even then it was a battle of epic proportions haha
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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 10:50 AM
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It's a pain. You gotta kinda install everything at once and slip it into the TB. At least that's how I did it. If you bought the whole SLP kit, there's notches on the tubes as well as the MAF.

And the lid seems to seat weird to me. Maybe someone else noticed that too?
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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 12:54 PM
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I agree with Non. You might have to use a little elbow grease to make it fit correctly. It is especially a pain if you have a SLP smooth bellow.

As far as it sitting correctly, mine "sat" perfect. Although I have heard of other people saying it fit a bit weird. I found this thread (below) about sealing the box with weather striping which I thought was a pretty good idea. I'm going to seal it with silicone and see how it works. That might solve the problem.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...ompletely.html

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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 02:02 PM
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Isnt it an inch from the hood and the airbox closed?
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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 03:00 PM
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This is def a stupid design. Wheel bearing grease works nice
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Originally Posted by LT1bird
This is def a stupid design. Wheel bearing grease works nice

Or any lubricant.....KY may work better...Not kidding.
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