t-bird, you piece of shit
 

has anyone pulled the turbo off of a t-bird? julio and I were at the yard today and we couldn't get that thing off there's no way we were going to get the flange bolts off the turbo, so I took off all the manifold bolts. the dp was a bitch, where should I disconnect that one? also, anybody know what size the oil/water line hexs are?

Re:t-bird, you piece of shit
 

i remember i used a long ass extension like 2feet almost and unbolted the dp from underneath the car.those are a bitch i stay away from them. :P
oh and the water lines i think ijust kept bending the metal lines till they broke

Re:t-bird, you piece of shit
 

buy a cheap sawz all, and make that bitch so it will run off of a car battery. -it works.
or just take a hack-saw and cut that bitch

Re:t-bird, you piece of shit
 

volvos or saabs = good
domestic = bad

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I had the same problem,Same car.See if the yard owner will cut it out with a torch.Thats what I had to do,He charged me $10.Otherwise go find someone with a cordless sawzall and go at it.Or just go buy one,They come in handy,especialy if you go to the jyard alot.

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Every salvage yard has an oxy/acetelyn torch outfit, just ask them to go cut that bitch off for you.. or there is always the arm powered hacksaw :-[

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i have done a couple thunderturds.

got lucky on one, turbo must have been off before and some lazy ---- didnt put the bolts in the braket on the block... so i removed all the exhaust manifold bolts (well studs, cuz the nuts pulled most of them out) had to move the PS or AC out the way of one of the bolts i think. the JY i go to cuts the cats out so the downpipe isnt too long just snaked it out attatched. then removed all the ---- i didnt need when it was out of the car (then i can use my 2ft breaker bar ;)) like the DP, manifold, O2 sensor (fucks always try to charge me for them)...

the other one was kinda a bitch, but i had learned from the first one. i had to remove the starter to get to the lower mount bolts then it was pretty much the same as the first...

its about like taking the turbo off a volvo...

Re:t-bird, you piece of shit
 

Are you nuts? The Tbird unit is the best one to get. It is the .60AR compressor unit where the SAAB Volvo units are the .42AR compressors. The Tbird, SOHC 300ZX and Buick Grand National are the units to look for.

Re:t-bird, you piece of shit
 

my tbird turbo also got the .48 turbine
ideal for d series

Re:t-bird, you piece of shit
 

I agree.Volsos and Saabs are a bitch to rape.Unless its an 80s Saab 900 its a pain in the ass to get the turbos out.