Im prepin my car for a turbo install which my friends and I are going to do later....im installing a GOldenEagle vacuum manifold but im having trouble taking off the upper plastic vent cover(picture below) looks like its held up with 10 clips but theres also more clips holding it down in the engine bay..... How do i take this thing off without breaking anything???




this is what it lookz like but in blue....

 

ya theres like ten main screws, and then theres like some more for the weather seal to the engine bay. also ya have to take off the wiper arms. The weather seal clips are the trickiest; i just pried them out with a flathead. (soneone correct me on a better method). And when your taking off the wiper arms, make sure to press the midle joint down...allowing you to pull the arm straight up.

 

i believe all it is are the clips that are either popped off and unbolting the wipers off and it should come off

 

^yup

 

yep,

- unbolt and remove the wipers
- pop up the tabs along the upper part of the cowl -- there's a little notch where you can fit a very small flat-head screwdriver to do this -- then pull them out.
- then remove the clips along the cowl that sit inside the engine bay -- i haven't figured out how to remove these clips without breaking half of them. they're a huge pain in the ***.

 

I would rethink putting a vacuum canister in a place that is not easily accessible. It would be quite a PITA if you ever had a vacuum leak.

 

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- then remove the clips along the cowl that sit inside the engine bay -- i haven't figured out how to remove these clips without breaking half of them. they're a huge pain in the ***.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea thats where im having problems.... do i just Pry it out! or is there a way to remove them with out breaking them??

 

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i didn't like doing this, but i just snapped off the ones i had trouble with, with pliers. i used zipties in their place. i have no idea how to take those things off easily with regular tools.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ebonyrolla7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ya theres like ten main screws, and then theres like some more for the weather seal to the engine bay. also ya have to take off the wiper arms. The weather seal clips are the trickiest; i just pried them out with a flathead. (soneone correct me on a better method). And when your taking off the wiper arms, make sure to press the midle joint down...allowing you to pull the arm straight up.</TD></TR></TABLE>


Thats how i did it.

Ali

 

lookz like imma need some ZipTies....... LOL

 

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yea thats where im having problems.... do i just Pry it out! or is there a way to remove them with out breaking them??</TD></TR></TABLE>

I turned the clips 90 degrees with pliers and they came right up

 

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ha! i'll be pissed if it's that easy.. i hate working with clips.