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Post #1

as the title says i cant get my cat from my mani off, tried undoing the 10mil nut from the spring loaded bolts (not sure of the real name) but it just spins, do you have to have a spanner on the top of it aswell? if so how do you get to it as i can only just get my finger onto it Confused

i have had a look through some threads but cant find my question

please help

lots of love knoxie Big grin

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Post #2

You need someone to hold the top of the bolt from the engine bay. Trying to do it all from the underneath is a nightmare.

Passenger side 1 is easier to get to than the drivers side. You will have to sqeeze your hand down the back of the manifold to get to the drivers side bolt so make sure the engine is cold.

Hope this helps

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Post #3

Yes you do. Need to feed it through, it's a right fiddle.

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Post #4

10 (or 11)mm spanner on the top too.

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Post #5

This is a job I did once...and vowed never to do it again. It's a tricky job to do LOL

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Post #6

i have real fat hands Doh

thanks for the help guys i'll see if i can get to it Smile

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Post #7

Gilsey's very good at doing them too. He rocked up to mine to swap one off his old car onto his new car so ended up doing 2 at once. Laugh

He seemed happy though.

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Post #8

Once you get the knack it is ok. IT just takes a lot of fiddling the first time. I used LOTS of extension bars and did it with a ratchet through the subframe and a spanner on top.

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Post #9

thugpuggin wrote:

Yes you do. Need to feed it through, it's a right fiddle.

How would you know? Dry

Post #10

I do it from underneath on my back. left arm up around wishbone and anti roll bar, other over rack. I use a 6sided 3/8 on the top to get good grip, and then a 10mm socket on the bottom. I advise getting the sockets on correctly, then go guns blazing until undone. once the spring loosens and the cat drops, you lose easy access to the head of the bolt. If you round it off, nut splitter through spring works. Good luck

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Post #11

6 sided socket or spanner is the way forward. A lot less likely to round off then. Easier underneath I thought.

Before you say anything Ash yes I have done this quite a few times thank you very much Razz

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Post #12

Cut thmem or snap the bolts, then just replace them.

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Post #13

I went from underneath last time, but had the benefit of using a proper car ramp which made it quite easy to see what i was doing.

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Post #14

Did you get the fitting kit with the new cat?

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Post #15

Nothing wrong with the cat mate I'm putting a decat on

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Post #16

Did you get a fitting kit with the new DE-cat?

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Post #17

Nope 'twas a second hand jobbie

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Post #18

knoxie wrote:

Nope 'twas a second hand jobbie

FAIL,best get ordering a kit then Thumbs up

Post #19

I've obviously failed in my question, did you get a new fitting kit, irrespective of what you are fitting?
It's not recommended to use the old bolts and ring gasket on a new cat, old cat, new de-cat or old de-cat.
You can get them from Peugeot for about �13 iirc.

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Post #20

^ Nearer �20. Last one I bought about 4 years ago was �18 something. Peugeot didn't have it in stock, so I got one from Citroen, which was actually cheaper yet in the same PSA packet.

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Post #21

Not had time to have a look today, been a busy bee Sad

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Post #22

That's just crazy, �20 for literally a bag of bolts and a ring Shock

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Post #23

The pattern ones are much cheaper but inferior quality.

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Post #24

To be fair for the hassle of fitting it, do it once, and do it properly with a genuine Peugeot one. Buy cheap, buy twice.

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Post #25

ian7675 wrote:

That's just crazy, �20 for literally a bag of bolts and a ring Shock

�21.56 actually.

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