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Author Topic: trouble removing MAF from baffle... 01ss87iroc 2nd Gear Member # 1763 posted                    Subject says it all, I'm installing the SLP PP lid and I can't pull the MAF off of the stock air box. Any tips? -------------------- 01 SS - #1321, 6sp, T-tops, SLP D/D, SLP mats & key fobs, SLP Bilstein, SLP PP lid - SOLD, gone but not forgotten 87 Iroc - 5sp, TPI, T-top, G92 Pics http://www.highspeeddriving.com/phpbb2/index.php Posts: 388 | From: NJ | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged 2k1SS 1st Gear Member # 2072 posted                    You gotta pull that sucker out! Try the 'twist & wiggle' technique.....worked for me. It'll eventually come out. Good Luck Posts: 47 | From: Middletown, CT | Registered: Aug 2003  |  IP: Logged Bill Mason 2nd Gear Member # 1807 posted                    It is really tight. As suggested try twisting and pulling at the same time. If you can get someone to help have them hold the airbox while you twist and pull the MAF. If by yourself, try holding the air box between your legs and then twist/pull the MAF with both hands. Be careful to keep your fingers out of the inside of the MAF. The wires in there are delicate. Good luck. Bill M 98 TA Posts: 383 | From: Oakville, Ontario Canada | Registered: Jan 2003  |  IP: Logged Cavy Dan 4th Gear Member # 1352 posted                       If all else fails, us a BFH!!! JK...yank it to death [ 12. September 2003, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: DanPazich ] Posts: 2651 | From: Enola (Harrisburg Area), Pennsylvania | Registered: Jan 2002  |  IP: Logged SS_CarGuy 2nd Gear Member # 2065 posted                    I had the exact same problem. If you have a heat gun, try heating up the baffle first and then wiggling it. Or, what I wound up doing on mine was wedging the flat blade of a screw driver between the baffle and MAF and gently prying. Eventually it came apart. [ 12. September 2003, 12:45 PM: Message edited by: SS_CarGuy ] Posts: 502 | From: Fort Mill, South Carolina....Charlotte | Registered: Aug 2003  |  IP: Logged 01ss87iroc 2nd Gear Member # 1763 posted                    Thanks everyone! My computer COMPLETELY crashed so I didn't have a chance to respond sooner. Got it off with the use of a hair dryer and now the SLP lid is in. Let the modding begin! Posts: 388 | From: NJ | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged

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