Need NPP in a box HELP
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Instructor
Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Lynchburg Va
Need NPP in a box HELP
All the retro fit systems say easy 30 min install. They all tap the vaccum on the back of the intake. They say twist off the t fitting like a bottle cap. I can not position my hand on my 2005 in way to be able to get the fitting to move. I am not that big and not weak. Very little room. Plastic engine cover is off. Anybody got a helpful trick. One site said cut it off with a hack saw blade. I can't get a blade back there without being in danger of cutting other things I didn't mean to.
Help Please
Help Please
Racer
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Tulsa Ok
All the retro fit systems say easy 30 min install. They all tap the vaccum on the back of the intake. They say twist off the t fitting like a bottle cap. I can not position my hand on my 2005 in way to be able to get the fitting to move. I am not that big and not weak. Very little room. Plastic engine cover is off. Anybody got a helpful trick. One site said cut it off with a hack saw blade. I can't get a blade back there without being in danger of cutting other things I didn't mean to.
Help Please
Help Please
Pro
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Edmond Oklahoma
On the 2005 there is a different place to run the vacuum line from on top and front of engine. I got the part from a forum vendor (Ed/pipedreams) - there was no way I could fit my hand behind the engine and get to the fitting.
Racer
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From: Love the Smokey Mountains and the Blue Ridge Parkway, Milton GA and Jupiter FL
I read on another post, this issue.
Answer, 11mm socket, Qtr inch drive it twists off.
Search the post, contact the author, I have not done it.
Kevin
Answer, 11mm socket, Qtr inch drive it twists off.
Search the post, contact the author, I have not done it.
Kevin
Racer
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Tulsa Ok
I checked the fit on the part that brakes off and it seems a 13mm socket would work the best, mine is a '07 if they are different sizes, although I would think they would all be the same size.
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Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Lynchburg Va
Thanks
Thanks guys. All helpful. I ended up fabricating a wedge out off a small piece of angle iron and wedged it off. Not pretty but it worked. Getting the line on was a lot of fun too. So much for the 30 min install advertised.
