i installed my pacesetter LT last night what a pain in the *** that was. it wouldnt be that bad if i had some help and a lift but doing it yourself is a pain in the ***. first i undid the plug wires ripping two of them apart , then undid the y-pipe and the rest of the exhaust stripping one bolt attaching the y to the manifolds, and one attaching the y to the rest. ended up cutting the bolt the ataches the y to the rest of the exhaust. and tryed cutting the bolt attaching the y to the manifolds, after 2 blades i just cut the y pipe . took off the manifolds and found a broken bolt. tryed welding another bolt to the end, didnt work. tryed using vise grips after 20 min. and a whole turn later i gave up. went and found a socket that would hardly fit on the end hammered it on the bolt, put a socket wrench on it and was done in 20 sec. installed headers and gaskets tightened everything up, put in o2 sensors in and was done. all in all about 5 hours, damn im slow

couple of tips:
take out inner fender on p side it makes it easyer to get to bolts.
use a socket hammered on a broken bolt to take broken bolts out.

did everyone elses headers smoke at first. i guess just burning off all the ****

 

SOUNDS LIKE THOSE EXHAUST BOLTS KICKED YOUR ***! AT LEAST YOU GOT THE HEADERS ON AND DIDNT GIVE UP......MINE HAD SOME SH#T BURNING OFF OF THEM WHEN I FIRST STARTED IT UP.....

 

did you have any pb blaster? that woulda helped with your bolt probs IMO. wd40 is not a substitute! i swear, i sprayed about a gallon of wd40 on my y pipe and couldnt get it loose. one litle squirt of penetrating oil and it came off like it wasnt even tightened down

 

an easy out would have worked as well for the broken bolt

 

whats an easy out?

 

oh nm, i had to use one of those on my old silverado because the heater hose broke off inside of the motor because it was all corroded. i ended up using a chisel because the easyout didnt work for me.

 

I can never get easy outs to work for me....they like to brake off also.

 

Consider yourself lucky. I put my pacesetter's on last weekend and 2 bolts were broken off in the driver's side head. Thanks GM!

 

thanks i dont feel so retarded now, so 5 hours is about average because of stupid stuff.
tx: your right wd40 sucks even though i went threw a whole big can.

01: iv never had any luck with easy outs, iv had a few brake. i like my socket idea but it only works if there is some bolt sticking out, i had about 3/4 inch

i had to drive it to school this morning about 5 min away damn what a loud SOB. but it was great there was some head turning going on. and my neighbors hate me.

 

Your welcome for the advise at 4 in the morning